bay springs telephone company, inc. index to tariff …bay springs telephone company, inc. index to...

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. INDEX TO TARIFF TC-120-0008-00 13th Revised Sheet 1

Cancels 12th Revised Sheet 1

Issue Date: 06/04/10 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 07/04/10 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

SECTION PAGE PRELIMINARY STATEMENT I 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE TARIFF

Flat Rate Telephone Service Area II 1 Extended Area Service II 8 Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan II 8.1 Bay Springs Area Calling Plan II 8.19 Classroom Communication Service II 8.49 Prepaid Local Service II 8.51 Home Advantage Packages

Home Advantage Internet II 9 Home Advantage II 10 Home Advantage+ (Plus) II 11

Value Pack Services Value Calling II 12 Value Net II 12 Value Pick 5 II 13 Value Pick Deluxe II 13 Value Pick - Voice Mail with Unified Messaging /

Find-me-follow-me II 14 Voice Features Packages II 15

Business Feature Package 1 II 15 Business Feature Package 1 II 15

LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE MAPS

Bay Springs Exchange III 1 Big Creek Exchange III 2 Homewood Exchange III 3 Louin Exchange III 4 Old Taylorsville Exchange III 5 Pittman Exchange III 6 Polkville Exchange III 7 Rose Hill Exchange III 8 Sylvarena Exchange III 9 SoSo Exchange III 10 Walters Exchange III 11 White Oak Exchange III 12

SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES

Definitions IV 1 B 4-A Service Connection Charges Service Charges IV 5, 6 Application of Charges IV 7 Service Charges for Connection of New Service IV 8, 9 Service Charges for Adding New or

Additional Service IV 10 Service Charges for:

Moving or Changing Existing Service IV 10, 11 Rearrangement of drop wire/protector IV 12

(N) |

(N)



Issue Date: 4/16/12 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 4/01/12 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201

SECTION PAGE SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES (Continued) Service Charges for:

Customer Originated Number Change IV 13 Change from rotary dial to Tel-touch IV 13

Service Charges Where Do Not Apply IV 13, 13-A Installation Charge IV 14 Termination Charge IV 14 Minimum Service Charge IV 15 Maintenance of Service Charge IV 15 Restoration Charges IV 16 Low-Income Assistance Program IV 17 - 17-B Reserved for Future Use IV 17-C – 17-D GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF Residential Second Line Service V 1, 1.1 Selective Toll Restriction Services V 2 - 3.1 Extension Line Mileage V 4, 5 Signaling Equipment Mileage V 5 Reserved for Future Use V 6 Voice Mail V 7 - 9.2 Remote Call Forwarding (RCF) Service V 10 - 13 Centrex Service V 14 - 15.14 Directory Listings V 16 - 22 Services for Mobile Service Providers (MSP's) and

Other Radio Common Carriers (RCCs) V 23 - 25.18 Joint User Service V 26 Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service (E911) V 27 - 30 Schools and Libraries Discount Program V 31 - 31.2 Health Care Providers Support Program V 31.3 - 31.5 Customer Premises Inside Wire V 32 - 32-D Custom Calling Services V 32-E - 32-V Alarm Circuit V 33 Circuit Rental V 34, 35 SafetyNet Service V 36 Electronic or Special Key Service Systems V 37, 38 Key Systems V 39, 42 Direct-Inward-Dialing (DID) Service V 40, 41 Electronic or Special PABX Service V 43 Trunk Hunting Services V 44, 45 Special Billing Numbers V 46

(T) (N)



Issue Date: 06/01/15 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 09/30/15 236 E. Capitol St. Order Number: Jackson, MS 39211

SECTION PAGE GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF (Continued) Foreign Exchange Service and Foreign Central Office

Service V 47 - 47.4 Telecommunications Service Priority V 48 - 52 Private Line Services Tariff V 53 Special Assemblies of Equipment V 54 Specialized Types of Equipment V 55 N11 Dialing Service V 55-A - 55-H 711 Dialing Code for Telephone Relay Service (TRS) V 55-I - 55-M TEC Announce Service V 56 - 56.1 Conference on Demand V 56.2 Reserved for Future Use V 56.3 - 56.23 Employee's Service V 57 Returned Check Charge V 57-A Dual Party Relay Service V 58 Web Self Care V 59 - 60 Unified Messaging Service (TEC Message) V 61 Auto Attendant V 62 - 63 Music of Hold V 63 SimRing V 64 Find-Me-Follow-Me (TEC-Track) V 64 SIP Feature Service - Business Option 1

- Platform Add-On Only V 65, 66 SIP Feature Service - Business Option 2 - Single Line Add-On V 67.2, 67.3 SIP Feature Service - Residential - Single Line Add-On V 67, 67.1 Local Directory Assistance Service V 67-A Operator Assisted Local Calls and Local

Calling Card Service Calls V 67-A

(D)



Issue Date: 06/01/15 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President (T) Effective Date: 09/30/15 236 E. Capitol St. (T) Order Number: Jackson, MS 39211 (T)

SECTION PAGE GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF (Continued) Long Distance Directory Assistance Service -

Intrastate - InterLATA V 67-C Long Distance Operator Service Requiring

Telephone Number Assistance - Intrastate - InterLATA V 67-C

Toll Operator Surcharges V 67-D Wide Area Telecommunications Service V 67-E Payphone Access Lines V 67-G - 67-I Advanced Digital Services Basic Rate Interface (BRI) V 67-J - 67-M.21 Advanced Digital Services Primary Rate Interface (PRI) V 67-M.22 - 67-M.35 T - 1 Local Loop Facility V 67-M.36 Called Line Identification V 67-N CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES Reserved for Future Filing VI 1

VI 2 - 6.34 Visit Charge VI 7, 8 Connection with Certain Customer-Provided Facilities VI 9 - 11 Connections of Registered Equipment VI 11 - 13 Responsibility of the Customer VI 14 Responsibility of the Company VI 15 Violation of Regulations VI 16 Definitions VI 16, 17 Interpositioning of Customer-Provided Terminal

Equipment and Communications Systems VI 18 Equipment-to-Equipment Connections VI 19, 20

Connections of Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Grandfathered Communications Systems VI 20 - 29

Connections of Other Common Carrier-Provided Communications Systems VI 30 - 36

Connection of Customer-Provided Telephone Equipment (CPE) to Party Line Service VI 36-A - 36-G

LINE EXTENSION CHARGES Line Extension Charges VII 1 - 4

(D) (D)



Issue Date: 1/05/12 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President (T) Effective Date: 2/05/12 236 East Capitol Street (T) Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201 (T)

SECTION PAGE RULES AND REGULATIONS

Undertaking of the Company VIII 1 Application for Service VIII 2, 2-A Application of Business Rates VIII 3 Application of Residence Rates VIII 4 Use of Subscriber Service VIII 5 Minimum Service Period VIII 6 Payment of Bills VIII 7 Establishment of Credit VIII 8 Deposits VIII 9 Advance Payments VIII 10 Cancellation for Cause VIII 10 Taxes and Fees Chargeable to Customers VIII 10 Discontinuance and Restoration of Service VIII 11 - 15 Misuse of Directory Assistance Service VIII 15 Telephone Directories, Listings and Numbers VIII 16 Liability of the Company VIII 17 - 19 Explosion Proof Equipment VIII 19-A Special Construction or Installation VIII 20 - 24 Obligation of Company to Provide and

Maintain Service VIII 25 - 28 Transfer of Service Between Subscribers VIII 29 Impairment of Service Due to Customer-

Provided Equipment VIII 30 Restricted Service VIII 30 Rights-of-Way (Special or Private) VIII 30 Special Equipment and/or Arrangements VIII 30 Tampering With Facilities VIII 31 Temporary Facilities VIII 31 Unauthorized Attachments or Connections VIII 31 Cancellation of Application for Service VIII 31 Use of Facilities of Other Connecting

Carriers VIII 32 Extension Stations VIII 33-A Off-Premise Extension Stations VIII 33-B

DEFINITIONS IX 1 - 13 INTRASTATE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF X 1, 1.1 INTRASTATE SPECIAL ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF X 1.2 INTRASTATE ACCESS TARIFF – VOIP TRAFFIC X 2 – 2.5

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. INDEX TO TARIFF TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 6

Issue Date: 7/18/07 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 5/8/11 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

SECTION PAGE RURAL ILEC PRICE REGULATION PLAN

DEFINITIONS XII 1,2

PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN XII 3

Application of the Plan XII 3 Modifications of the Plan XII 3 Tariff Requirements XII 3 Pricing Rules XII 4 Depreciation XII 5 Qualification Criteria XII 5 Quality of Service Standards (QOS) XII 5 - 7 Penalty XII 8 Exogenous Changes XII 9

(N) | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION I TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 1 All Exchanges in Certificated Area

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT These tariff schedules have been regularly filed with the Public Service Commission of the State of Mississippi and are the effective rates and rules of this Company. Service will be furnished in accordance with these tariff schedules and no officer, employee, or representative of the company has any authority to waive, alter, or amend these tariff schedules or any part thereof in any respect. The rules set forth herein apply to intrastate services and facilities furnished within the State of Mississippi by Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc., herein after referred to as the Company, subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission. When services and facilities are provided in part by the Company and in part by other companies, the regulations of the company apply to that portion of the service or facilities furnished by it. The service charges specified in this tariff contemplate work being performed at the customer=s location during regular scheduled working hours. Work performed during nonscheduled hours will necessitate the customer paying an additional charge for such nonscheduled work.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION II INDEX

TC-120-0008-00 6th Revised Sheet 1

All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 5th Revised Sheet 1

Issue Date: 06/04/10 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice

President

Effective Date: 07/04/10 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor

Order Number: ___________ Monroe, LA 71201

PAGE

@Home Express Service 8.56

Bay Springs Area Calling Plan 8.19 - 8.48.1

Business Express Service 8.57

Classroom Communication Service 8.49 - 8.50

Extended Area Service 8

Flat Rate Telephone Service Area 1

Home Advantage Packages 9 - 11

Home Advantage Internet 9

Home Advantage 10

Home Advantage+ (Plus) 11

Prepaid Local Service 8.51 - 8.55

Reserved for Future Use 2 - 7

Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan 8.1 - 8.18

Value Pack Services 12 - 14

Value Calling 12

Value Net 12

Value Pick 5 13

Value Pick Deluxe 13

Value Pick-Voice Mail with Unified Messaging /

Find-me-follow me 14

Voice Features Packages 15

Business Feature Package 1 15

Business Feature Package 2 15

(N)

|

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION II


All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 1

Issue Date: 04/12/17 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President

Effective Date: 06/01/17 236 East Capitol St.

Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201

LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE TARIFF

GENERAL

This tariff is governed, except as otherwise specified herein, by the General Exchange

Tariff which is hereby made a part of this tariff. The charges quoted in this tariff are for a

period of one month, payable monthly in advance, and entitle the subscriber to local

exchange service at the rates shown below. The rates for Local Exchange Service apply to

all customers regardless of whether the communicating devices are rented from the

Telephone Company or provided by the subscriber.

RATES

Monthly Rate

BUSINESS

Individual Line Access $34.02

RESIDENCE

Individual Line Access $23.67

KEY SYSTEM LINE ACCESS $49.94

PABX TRUNK ACCESS $49.94

The above Local Exchange Rates do not reflect the surcharge for Hearing Impaired

Services, as approved under PR# 90-UA-0156.

Compliance filing in accordance with Docket No. 07-UN-123.

(I)

(D)

(I)

(D)

(I)

(D)

(I)

(D)


TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 2

All Exchanges in Certificated Area (N) Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 2

Issue Date: 11/30/07 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President

Effective Date: 1/01/08 P.O. Box 409

Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422


(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)








(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)








(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)


TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 7

All Exchanges in Certificated Area (N) Cancels Original Sheet 7




(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)


TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 8

All Exchanges in Certificated Area





EXTENDED AREA SERVICE

Exchange Extended Area Service

(Local Calling Area)

Bay Springs Louin, Old Taylorsville,

Sylvarena, Rose Hill

Big Creek Pittman, SoSo, Laurel,

Ellisville, Ovette

Homewood Forest, Harperville

Louin Bay Springs, Sylvarena

Old Taylorsville Bay Springs, Sylvarena

Pittman Big Creek, SoSo, Laurel,

Ellisvile, Ovette

Polkville Walters, White Oak

Rose Hill Bay Springs, Sylvarena

Sylvarena Bay Springs, Louin,

Old Taylorsville, Rose Hill

SoSo Big Creek, Pittman, Laurel,

Ellisville, Ovette

Walters Brandon, Palahatchie,

Polkville, White Oak

White Oak Polkville, Walters

(N)


TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 8.1

All Exchanges in Certificated Area (N) Cancels Original Sheet 8.1



Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


SMITH COUNTY ENHANCED AREA CALLING PLAN

1. General

A. Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan is grandfathered effective

October 5, 1996. The calling scope will not be expanded as of the

grandfathered date, however, any new NXXs issued for the existing

exchanges will be added to the plan. No new service applications will be

taken on or after October 5, 1996. All services within a residential or

business location must be the same class and type of service, i.e., all Smith

County Enhanced Area Calling Plan, all flat rate service or all Bay Springs

Area Calling Plan service. Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan

customers must reside in Smith County.

Existing Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan customers may change

to the Bay Springs Area Calling Plan during the introductory period of

October 5, 1996 through April 4, 1997 and may return to their existing

Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan within 180 days of changing to

the Bay Springs Area Calling Plan. Only one change is permitted.

Any Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan customers who discontinue

the Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan for any reason, including but

not limited to, disconnect for non-pay, change of service location, disconnect

of service, changes or moves, may not re-establish service under the Smith

County Enhanced Area Calling Plan.

2. Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan

A. Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan is an optional offering for

residence customers, business customers and customer provided public

telephone service providers. The plan provides for local calling from the

subscribers' home wire center to specific wire centers in addition to the

existing local calling area described in Schedule II, Page 8, Extended Area

Service. This offering will be available only to one party subscribers

residing in Smith County. (See pages 8.11 through 8.18 for specific wire

centers).

Certain rates previously found on this sheet can now be found on Original Sheet 8.1.1

R - Restricted to existing services.

R (C)

(C)

(N)

(N)

(C)

(C)

R


TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 8.1.1

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 8.1.1





SMITH COUNTY ENHANCED AREA CALLING PLAN (Continued)

2. Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan (Continued)

A. (Continued)

This plan is voice service only. If it is determined that usage is considered

to be non-residential voice applications such as commercial facsimile or

auto-dialing, permanent call forwarding, three-way calling, resale,

telemarketing, Internet access services, or other non-residential uses, the

telephone company may immediately suspend, restrict, or cancel service

without prior notice. Alternatively, the company may bill the usage at the

basic MOU rates found in mileage band F.

B. The access line is provided at the following rate.

Monthly Rate

a) Residence

- One Party Tel-Touch $ 17.50 ¹

Non Tel-Touch 15.50 ® ¹

b) Business

- One Party Tel-Touch $ 31.00 ¹


c) Trunks

- Combination (Two-way) Tel-Touch $ 31.00 ¹


- Inward only Tel-Touch $ 31.00 ¹


- Outward only Tel-Touch $ 31.00 ¹


d) In addition to the rates in a), b) and c) above, a surcharge for Hearing

Impaired Services, as approved under PR# 90-UA-0156 is applicable.


R - Restricted to existing Non Tel-Touch subscribers as of the effective date of this tariff.

Note 1 - Restricted to existing services.

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

|

|

|

|

(C)

(C)

(D)

(D)

(N)

(N)

(N)


TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 8.2

All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 8.2






3. Usage Rates

a. In addition to the Charges in 2.B. above, the following rates apply for all Smith

County Enhanced Area Calling Plan usage except for calls originated from

payphone access line services and are based on specific point to point wire

centers. Wire center coordinates are specified in the National Exchange

Carrier Association FCC Tariff No. 4.

All local calls are billed in accordance with the usage schedule following. Local

usage charges for calls terminating in Bands A, B, C, and D will not exceed

$10.00 for residence and $25.00 for business customers and trunks.

Calling Initial Additional

Bands Minute Charge Minutes Charge

A $.02 $.01

B .04 .02

C .06 .04

D .09 .07

E .11 .09

F .11 .09

b. Calls originated from payphone access line services will be billed to the

payphone provider at the usage rates shown in 15. following.

R - Restricted to existing services

R

(T)

(T)

(T) R

(D)

|

(D)



Cancels Original Sheet 8.3






4. Time/Day Discount - The preceding usage rates are peak period rates and apply

from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). Off-peak

period rates apply to all other times and are rated at a 50 percent discount. When

messages span more than one rate period, total charges for the minutes in each rate

period are summarized and the results for each period are totaled to obtain the

total message charge.

5. In addition to the local calling area described in Schedule II, Page 8, Smith County

Enhanced Area Calling Plan subscribers will receive local calling for

station-to-station sent paid calls completed to their county seat and to specific wire

centers set forth in this tariff.

Non-sent paid calls are charged at the established long distance and operator

surcharge rates.

6. Customers desiring grouping service who subscribe to the Smith County Enhanced

Area Calling Plan will be rated at the charges described in 14. Grouping Service.

7. Zone charges will be rated at the charges described in 13. following.

8. Calls completed with automated calling cards or operator assistance within the

local calling area described in Schedule II, Page 8, will have usage charges and

appropriate Operator Assisted Local Call surcharges applied (when applicable).

Such calls are itemized on the subscriber's billing statement and are billed outside

any applicable usage allowances for dialed sent paid calls.


R

(C)

(D)

(D)

(C)

R



All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels Original Sheet 8.4






9. Usage charges, only for calls completed within the local calling area described in

Schedule II, Page 8, may be billed to numbers other than the Smith County

Enhanced Area Calling Plan telephone or to approved Company calling cards.

10.

11.

12. All rules and regulations that appear in other sections of this tariff apply unless

otherwise stated herein.

13. Zone Charges Outside Base Rate Area

The following zone charges apply in connection with service outside the base rate

area for Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan subscribers. These charges

are in addition to the rates described above for the Smith County Enhanced Area

Calling Plan.

R – Restricted to existing services.

R

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(C)

(C) R


TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 8.5

All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 8.5





(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)








SMITH COUNTY ENHANCED AREA CALLING PLAN (Continued) ®

14.

(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)

(D)









15.

(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









15. Payphone Access Lines

A. Where the Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan is available, the

following rates apply for station-to-station sent paid calls terminating within

the Smith County Enhanced Area Calling Plan area. Wire center

coordinates are specified in the National Exchange Carrier Association FCC

Tariff No. 4. In addition, the operator assisted local call surcharge described

in Section V, Operator Assisted Local Calls and Local Calling Card Service

Calls will be applicable. Usage caps do not apply.

Non-sent paid calls are charged at the established long distance and operator

surcharge rates.

All local calls are billed in accordance with the usage schedule following.

Calling Initial Additional


A $.05 $.02

B .05 .02

C .05 .04

D .10 .07

E .10 .07

F .10 .07

B. Zone charges are charged on the same basis as applies to other types of

individual line service.

C. Service charges are applied on the same basis as for individual line business

service covered in Section IV.

R - Restricted to existing services

* Certain Material on this sheet formerly appeared on 1st Revised Sheet 8.10

R

(T)

(T)

(R)

(M)

(M) R









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)





Effective Date: 5/12/05 1309 Louisville Avenue




EXCHANGE SMITH COUNTY CALLING AREA

BAY SPRINGS (670,764) BAND A - Bay Springs (670,764)

BAND B - Louin (739)

- Old Taylorsville (725)

- Sylvarena (789)

BAND C - SoSo (375,729)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)

BAND D * - Big Creek (763)

- Heidleberg (343,787,903,935,997)

- Laurel (230,283,319,323,335,340,

342,344,369,390,399,401,422,425,

426,428,433,438,470,498,518,577,

578,580,637,649,651,682,699,778,

804)

- Mize (396,603,733)

- Rose Hill (727)

BAND E - Homewood (536)

- Polkville (537)

- White Oak (269)

BAND F - None

* Usage Caps apply to Bands A through Band D, Caps = Residence - $10.00,

Business - $25.00


(C) R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

R



All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 8.12







HOMEWOOD (536) BAND A - Homewood (536)

BAND B - Forest (257,287,469,507,546,625,697,

742)

BAND C - Polkville (537)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

- Morton (732,864)

- Louin (739)

- Newton (357,627,646,683,745)

- Pelahatchie (759,854)

- Lake (775)

BAND D * - Sylvarena (789)

- White Oak (269)

BAND E - Bay Springs (670,764)


- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)

- Mize (396,603,733)

- Hickory (646)

BAND F - SoSo (375,729)


Business - $25.00


R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C) R










OLD TAYLORSVILLE (725) BAND A - Old Taylorsville (725)

BAND B - Bay Springs (670,764)

- Sylvarena (789)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)

- SoSo (375,729)

BAND C - Mize (96,603,733)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

- Big Creek (763)

- Louin (739)

BAND D * - Collins (245,489,517,641,698,712,

765,837)

- Ellisville (349,477,719)

- Heidleberg (343,787,903,935,997)

- Laurel (230,283,319,323,335,340,

342,344,369,390,399,401,422,425,

426,428,433,438,470,498,518,577,

578,580,637,649,651,682,699,778,

804)

- Mt. Olive (216,797)

- Pittman (752)

BAND E - Homewood (536)

- Polkville (537)

- White Oak (269)

BAND F - None


Business - $25.00


R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

R










POLKVILLE (537) BAND A - Polkville (537)

BAND B - White Oak (269)

- Walters (546)

BAND C - Homewood (536)

- Raleigh (234,374,491,782)

- Morton (732,864)


BAND D * - Brandon (217,591,706,724,824,825,

829)

- Forest (257,287,469,507,564,625,

697,742)

- Mendenhall (231,675,808,847)

- North Rankin (824,825,829,992)

BAND E - Sylvarena (789)

- Bay Springs (670,764)


- Mize (396,603,733)

BAND F - SoSo (375,729)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)


Business - $25.00


R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C) R










SOSO (729) BAND A - SoSo (375,729)

BAND B - Old Taylorsville (725)

- Laurel (230,283,319,335,340,342,

344,369,390,399,401,422,425,426,

428,433,438,470,498,518,577,578,

580,637,649,651,682,699,778,804)

- Big Creek (763)

BAND C - Bay Springs (670,764)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)

- Pittman (752)

- Ellisville (349,477,577)

BAND D * - Sylvarena (789)

- Mize (396,603,733)

- Collins (245,489,517,641,698,712,

765,837)

- Seminary (722)

- Heidleberg (343,787,903,935,997)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

- Louin (739)

BAND E - None

BAND F - Homewood (536)

- Polkville (537)

- White Oak (269)


Business - $25.00


(C) R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

R



All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 8.16







SYLVARENA (789) BAND A - Sylvarena (789)

BAND B - Old Taylorsville (725)

- Bay Springs (670,764)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

- Louin (739)

BAND C - Mize (396,603,733)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)

BAND D * - Homewood (536)

- SoSo (375,729)

- White Oak (269)

- Forest (257,287,469,507,564,625,

697,742)

BAND E - Polkville (537)

- Rose Hill (727)

BAND F - None


Business - $25.00


R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

R










WHITE OAK (269) BAND A - White Oak (269)

BAND B - Polkville (537)

- Walters (546)

BAND C - Mize (396,603,733)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

- Magee (382,423,496,721,849,867)

- Mendenhall (231,808,847)

BAND D * - Brandon (217,591,706,724,824,825,

829)

- Homewood (536)

- Sylvarena (789)

- Morton (732,864)

- Mt. Olive (216,797)


- North Rankin (824,825,829,992)

BAND E - Bay Springs (670,764)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)


BAND F - SoSo (375,729)


Business - $25.00


R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C) R


TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 8.18

All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 8.18







LOUIN (739) BAND A - Louin (739)

BAND B - Bay Springs (670,764)

- White Oak (269)

- Sylvarena (789)

BAND C - Old Taylorsville (725)

- Raleigh (234,241,374,491,782)

BAND D * - Heidleberg (343,787,903,935,997)

- Homewood (536)

- Mize (396,603,733)

- Lake (775)

- Rose Hill (727)

- Newton (357,627,646,683,745)

- SoSo (375,729)

- Taylorsville (252,452,457,785)

BAND E - Polkville (537)

BAND F - None


Business - $25.00


R

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

(C)

R



Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 8.19





BAY SPRINGS AREA CALLING PLAN

1. General

A. Bay Springs Area Calling Plan will be offered to all customers by billing

periods on or after the effective date of this tariff at the access line rates and

usage charges as described in 2. and 3. following. Bay Springs Area Calling

Plan is an optional offering for residence and business customers.

2. Bay Springs Area Calling Plan

A. Bay Springs Area Calling Plan is an optional offering for residence and

business customers and a non-optional offering for payphone access line

service providers. The plan provides for local calling from the subscribers'

home wire center to all Mississippi wire centers within a 55 mile radius

based on airline mileage. The existing local calling area described in

Schedule II, Page 8, Extended Area Service is included in Bands A, B and C.

This offering will be available only to one party subscribers.

This plan is voice service only. If it is determined that usage is considered

to be non- residential voice applications such as commercial facsimile or

auto-dialing, permanent call forwarding, three-way calling, resale,

telemarketing, Internet access services, or other non-residential uses, the

telephone company may immediately suspend, restrict, or cancel service

without prior notice. Alternatively, the company may bill the usage at the

basic MOU rates found in mileage Band F.

Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on Original Sheet 8.19.1.


TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 8.19.1

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 8.19.1





BAY SPRINGS AREA CALLING PLAN (Continued)

2. Bay Springs Area Calling Plan (Continued)

B. The access line is provided at the following rate:

Monthly Rate

a) Residence

- One Party $ 19.10

b) Business

- One Party $ 33.15

c) Trunks

- Combination (Two-way) $ 33.15

- Inward only $ 33.15

- Outward only $ 33.15

d) Payphone Access Line $ 33.15

e)

f) In addition to the rates in a), b) and c) above a surcharge for Hearing

Impaired Services, as approved under PR# 90-UA-0156 is applicable.


Certain material on this sheet formerly appeared on 4th Revised Sheet 8.19.

(I)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)



Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 8.20






3. Usage Rates

a. In addition to the Charges in 2.B. above, the following rates apply for all Bay

Springs Area Calling Plan usage except for calls originated from payphone

access line services and are based on airline mileage between wire centers.

Wire center coordinates are specified in the National Exchange Carrier

Association FCC Tariff No. 4.

All local calls are billed monthly in accordance with the usage schedule

following. Local usage charges for calls terminating in Bands A, B and C will

not exceed $15.00 for residence and $25.00 for business customers and trunks.

Mileage Initial Additional


A (0 miles) $ .02 $ .01

B (1 - 10 miles) .04 .02

C (11 - 16 miles) .06 .04

D (17 - 30 miles) .09 .07

F (31 - 55 miles) .12 .10

b. Payphone service providers will be billed at the usage rates shown in 14.2.B.

following, for Payphone Access Line service.

Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on Original Sheet 8.19.1.

(N)



Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 8.21






4. Time/Day Discount - The preceding usage rates are peak period rates and apply

from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays). Off-peak

period rates apply to all other times and are rated at a 50 percent discount. When

messages span more than one rate period, total charges for the minutes in each rate

period are summarized and the results for each period are totaled to obtain the

total message charge.

5. In addition to the local calling area described in Schedule II, Page 8, Bay

Springs Area Calling Plan subscribers will receive local calling for

station-to-station sent paid calls completed to their county seat and to specific wire

centers within 55 miles of their originating wire center. If any wire center in an

exchange is located within 55 miles of any wire center in the originating exchange,

local calling will be provided from the entire originating exchange to the entire

terminating exchange, per the following to and from rate center schedules.

County Seat calls for each exchange area will be included in the capped usage

under Band C, unless the County Seat is located in Band A or B, regardless of

airline miles from the originating wire center. Non-sent paid calls are charged at

the established long distance and operator surcharge rates. The Telephone

Company will include new NXX's to the area calling plan as they are placed in

service, within the 55 mile area from each specific wire center. Tariffs will be

updated no less than annually to reflect these changes, however, a current NXX list

will be maintained at the Telephone Company business office.

6. Customers desiring trunk hunting service who subscribe to the Bay Springs Area

Calling Plan will be billed at the charges described in 13. Trunk Hunting Service in

addition to the Area Call Plan line access charge.


TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 8.21.1

Cancels Original Sheet 8.21.1






7.

8. Calls completed with automated calling cards or operator assistance within the

local calling area described in Schedule II, Page 8, will have usage charges and

appropriate Operator Assisted Local Call surcharges applied (when applicable).

Such calls are itemized on the subscriber's billing statement and are billed outside

any applicable usage allowances for dialed sent paid calls.

9. Usage charges, only for calls completed within the local calling area described in

Schedule II, Page 8, may be billed to numbers other than the Bay Springs Area

Calling Plan telephone or to approved Company calling cards.

(D)









10. Service order charges are waived for customers who wish to change their usage

package option for the initial 90 days of the Area Calling Plan availability in each

exchange. After the initial 90 days have expired, applicable service order charges

will apply to changes in usage package options.

11. All rules and regulations that appear in other sections of this tariff apply unless

otherwise stated herein.

(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









13 Trunk Hunting Service

1. General

Trunk Hunting service is a combination of two or more business individual

lines or trunks connected to the central office so that incoming calls to the

listed number overflow to the next available line if the listed number is busy.

2. Monthly Rate for Trunk Hunting Service

Monthly Rate

1) Residence or Business

a) Bay Springs Area Calling Plan $14.95

3. This charge is applied as indicated herein and applies in addition to the

regular individual line or trunk rate. The Trunk Hunting Service Charge is

not applicable to Station lines for PBX service and/or WATS.

(C)









14. Payphone Access Lines

2. Message Charges

A. Area Calling Plan messages from Payphone Access Line services are

charged for as follows, and long distance messages are charged at the

established long distance telephone rates. Usage caps do not apply.

B. Where the Bay Springs Area Calling Plan is available, the following

rates apply for station-to-station sent paid calls terminating within the

Bay Springs Area Calling Plan area, described in 2. preceding, usage

caps do not apply. These rates are based on airline mileage between

wire centers. Wire center coordinates are specified in the National

Exchange Carrier Association FCC Tariff No. 4. In addition, the

operator assisted local call surcharge described in Section V, Operator

Assisted Local Calls and Local Calling Card Service Calls will be

applicable.

(T)

(D)

|

|

(D)









14. Payphone Access Lines (Continued)

2. Message Charges (Continued)

B. (Continued)

Non-sent paid calls are charged at the established long distance and

operator surcharge rates.

Mileage Initial Additional


A (0 miles) .05 .02

B (1-10 miles) .05 .02

C (11-16 miles) .05 .04

D (17-30 miles) .10 .07

F (31-55 miles) .10 .10

C. Zone charges are charged on the same basis as applied to other types of

individual line service.

D. Service charges are applied on the same basis as for individual line business

service covered in Section IV.

(T)









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)









(D)

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

(D)





Effective Date: 05/06/17 236 East Capitol Street




17. Calling Plan Exchanges

The following pages set forth the NXX's included under each calling band for the Bay Springs Area Calling Plan

exchanges.

BAY SPRINGS

BAND A CALLS

Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

BAND B CALLS

Louin (601) 739

Old Taylorsville (601) 725

Sylvarena (601) 789

BAND C CALLS

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,822

Rose Hill (601) 727

* Soso (601) 375,729

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

BAND D CALLS

* Big Creek (601) 763

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,712,765,

837,921

(769) 299

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,817

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,541,564,

625,697,742,900

(769) 274

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Homewood (601) 536

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,340,342,

344,369,390,399,422,425,426,

428,433,438,470,498,518,577,

578,580,649,651,682,699,778,

804

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,867

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Newton Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,745,887

* Pittman (601) 752

* Polkville (601) 537

* White Oak (601) 269

NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS

* Bassfield (601) 943

* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,825,829

(769) 241

(T)

BAND F CALLS

* Briarwood (601) 449,681,844

(769) 200

* Buckatunna (601) 648,963

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,741,780

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Florence (601) 845,891, 893

* Georgetown (601) 858

* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,270,271,

288,296,297,299,305,307,310,

315,318,325,329,332,336,402,

408,434,447,450,459,466,467,

475,520,543,544,545,549,550,

554,558,570,579,582,583,584,

596,599,602,606,610,620,658,

705,726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,294,409,

453,458,462,474,479,480,481,

482,483,484,485,486,490,512,

513,527,531,553, 581,595,604,

612,614,616,621,626, 644,655,

678,685,686,692,693,696,701,

703,710,880,917,934,938

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* New Augusta (601) 964

* New Hebron (601) 694

* Obadiah (601) 737,771,895,908

* Pelahatchie (601) 759,854

(769) 252

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,776,838

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Sand Hill (601) 989

* Seminary (601) 640, 722

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993

* Silver Creek (601) 886

(769) 227

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Toomsuba (601) 632,637,851

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,509,671, 735,755

(T)

(T)

*LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT AREA CALLING PLAN. Usage Caps apply to Band A through Band C,

Caps = Residence - $15.00, Business - $25.00









17. Calling Plan Exchanges D

D

Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on 10th Revised Sheet 8.31









17. Calling Plan Exchanges (Continued)

BIG CREEK

BAND A CALLS

Big Creek (601) 763

BAND B CALLS

Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,817

Pittman (601) 752

SoSo (601) 375,729

BAND C CALLS

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,712,765,

837,921

(769) 299

Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,340,342,

344,369,390,399,422,425,426,

428,433,438,470,498,518,577,

578,580,649,651,682,699,778,

804

* Old Taylorsville (601) 725

* Seminary (601) 722

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

BAND D CALLS


* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,270,271,

288,296,297,299,305,307,310,

315,318,325,329,332,336,402,

408,434,447,450,459,466,467,

475,520,543,544,545,549,550,

554,558,570,579,582,583,584,

596,599,602,606,610,620,658,

705,726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Louin (601) 739

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,867

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,822


* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Sylvarena (601) 789

NO BAND E CALLS

(T)

BAND F CALLS

* Beaumont (601) 246,588,784

(769) 303

* Buckatunna (601) 648,963

* Columbia (601) 293,419,424,441,444,522,633,

674,690,731,736,740

* Decatur (601) 635

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,541,564,

625,697,742,900

(769) 274



* Janice (601) 598

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Lumberton (601) 244,688,796

(769) 301

* McLain (601) 258,338,418,753

(769) 305

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,806

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* Neely (601) 525

(769) 245



* Newton Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,745,887


(769) 252


* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Purvis (601) 235,242,348,436,464,744,794

(769) 456

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,776,838

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Rose Hill (601) 727

* Sand Hill (601) 989

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227

* State Line (601) 848

* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,509,671,

735,755

* White Oak (601) 269

(T)

(T)

* LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT AREA CALLING PLAN. Usage Caps apply to Band A through Band C,








RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE





Effective Date: 05/06/17 236 E. Capitol St.





HOMEWOOD

BAND A CALLS

Homewood (601) 536

BAND B CALLS

Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274

BAND C CALLS

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Morton (601) 732,864,915


* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

* Walters (601) 546

BAND D CALLS

* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Decatur (601) 635

* Louin (601) 739

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Newton Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887



(769) 252

* Rose Hill (601) 727


* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

* White Oak (601) 269

NO BAND E CALLS

(T)

(T)

BAND F CALLS


* Big Creek (601) 763

* Briarwood (601) 449,681,844

(769) 200

* Canton (601) 391,407,560,667,691,

761,855,859

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,

741,780

* Clinton (601) 339,460,473,488,708,

910,924,925,926

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Crystal Springs (601) 281,308,647,892

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Flora (601) 401,879

(769) 888

* Florence (601) 845,891,893


* Heidleberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Jackson (601) 200,201,203,206,208,

209,212,213,214,238,

259,260,278,291,292,

306,313,316,317,321,

326,328,331,345,346,

351,352,353,354,355,

359,360,362,364,366,

368,370,371,372,373,

376,383,387,397,398,

405,414,420,421, 432,

454,461,471,478, 487,

496,497,500,502, 503,

506,510,519,521, 524,

540,559,566,572, 573,

576,586,592,594, 608,

609,613,622,624, 664,

665,668,672,709, 713,

714,715,718,720, 750,

760

(T)

(T)

(T)

* LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT AREA CALLING PLAN. Usage Caps apply to Band A through Band C.


Certain material on this page formerly appeared on Section II; 5th Revised Sheet 8.36.










HOMEWOOD (Continued)

BAND F CALLS

* Jackson (601) 767,812,813,815,826,

832,842,850,862,863,

(Continued) 874,882,896,899,906,

914,918,919,922,923,

927,929,930,932,933,

936,937,939,940,941,

942,944,946,948,949,

951,952,953,954,955,

956,957,960,961,965,

966,968,969,973,974,

977,978,979,981,982,

983,984,985,987,988,

991,992,995

(769) 208,216,218,226,230,

232,233,234,235,237,

243,246,251,257,447,

487,524,572,610,777

798,823,972

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804

* Madison (601) 427,499,605,607,707,

790,853,856,898

(769) 231,300

* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,

294,409,453,458,462,

474,479,480,481,482,

483,484,485,486,490,

512,513,527,531,553,

581,595,604,612,614,

616,621,626,644,655

678,685,686,692,693,

696,701,703,710,880,

917,934,938

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201


* Obadiah (601) 737,771,895,908

(T)

* Philadelphia (601) 284,389,416,504,562,

568,575,650,656,663,

676,728,781,836

(769) 236,757

* Pickens (662) 468, 876

* Pittman (601) 752

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,

776,838

* Raymond (601) 526,857,871

* Seminary (601) 640,722

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227

* SoSo (601) 375,729

* Terry (601) 878

(769) 224

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222



Certain material formerly appearing on this page can now be found on Section II; 11th Revised

Sheet 8.35.









LOUIN

BAND A CALLS

Louin (601) 739

BAND B CALLS


(769) 692

Sylvarena (601) 789

BAND C CALLS


* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

* Rose Hill (601) 727

BAND D CALLS

* Big Creek (601) 763

* Decatur (601) 635

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321


* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Newton Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887


* Soso (601) 375,729

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

* White Oak (601) 269

(T)

NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS


* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Briarwood (601) 449,681,844

(769) 200

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,

741,780

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Florence (601) 845,891,893


* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,

270,271,288,296,297,

299,305,307,310,315,

318,325,329,332,336,

402,408,434,447,450,

459,466,467,475,520,

543,544,545,549,550,

554,558,570,579,582,

583,584,596,599,602,

606,610,620,658,705,

726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

(T)











LOUIN

BAND F CALLS (Continued)

* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,

294,409,453,458,462,

474,479,480,481,482,

483,484,485,486,490,

512,513,527,531,553,

581,595,604,612,614

616,621,626,644,655,

678,685,686,692,693,

696,701,703,710,880,

917,934,938

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Naval Air (601) 350,679,821,846

Station


* Obadiah (601) 737,771,895,908


(769) 252

* Philadelphia (601) 284,389,416,504,562,

568,575,650,656,663,

676,728,781,836

(769) 236,757

* Pittman (601) 752

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,

776,838

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Seminary (601) 640,722

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Toomsuba (601) 632,637,851

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,

509,671,735,755

(T)












OLD TAYLORSVILLE

BAND A CALLS


BAND B CALLS


(769) 692

* SoSo (601) 375,729

Sylvarena (601) 789

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

BAND C CALLS

* Big Creek (601) 763

* Louin (601) 739

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

* Rose Hill (601) 727

BAND D CALLS

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321


* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Pittman (601) 752


* Seminary (601) 640,722

* White Oak (601) 269

(T)

NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS


* Beaumont (601) 246,588,784

(769) 303

* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Buckatunna (601) 648,963

* Columbia (601) 293,419,424,441,444,

522,633,674,690,731,

736,740

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Florence (601) 845,891,893

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274


* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,

270,271,288,296,297,

299,305,307,310,315,

318,325,329,332,336,

402,408,434,447,450,

459,466,467,475,520,

543,544,545,549,550,

554,558,570,579,582,

583,584,596,599,602,

606,610,620,658,705,

726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,

294,409,453,458,462,

474,479,480,481,482,

483,484,485,486,490,

512,513,527,531,553,

581,595,604,612,614,

(T)

*LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT AREA CALLING PLAN. Usage Caps apply to Band A through Band C.

Caps = Residence - $15.00, Business - $25.00*










OLD TAYLORSVILLE (Continued)


* Meridian (Cont.) (601) 616,621,626,644,655,

678,685,686,692,693,

696,701,703,710,880,

917,934,938

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,

806

* Morton (601) 732,864,915



* Newton-Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887

* Obadiah (601) 737,771,895,908


(769) 252

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Purvis (601) 235,242,348,436,464,

744,794

(769) 456

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,

776,838

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Sand Hill (601) 989

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601 263,295,381,410,468,

509,671,735,755

(T)

*LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT AREA CALLING AREA. Usage Caps apply to Band A through Band C,











PITTMAN

BAND A CALLS

Pittman (601) 752

BAND B CALLS

Big Creek (601) 763


BAND C CALLS

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,712,

765,837,921

(769) 299

Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,817

Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,340,

342,344,369,390,399,422,

425,426,428,433,438,470,

498,518,577,578,580,649,

651,682,699,778,804

SoSo (601) 375,729

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

BAND D CALLS


* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,270,

271,288,296,297,299,305,

307,310,315,318,325,329,

332,336,402,408,434,447,

450,459,466,467,475,520,

543,544,545,549,550,554,

558,570,579,582,583,584,

596,599,602,606,610,620,

658,705,726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,867

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201


* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Purvis (601) 235,242,348,436,464,744,

794

(769) 456

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912


* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

NO BAND E CALLS

(T)

BAND F CALLS

* Beaumont (601) 246,588,784

(769) 303

* Buckatunna (601) 648,963

* Columbia (601) 293,419,424,441,444,522,

633,674,690,731,736,740

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,541,

564,625,697,742,900

(769) 274


* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321


* Janice (601) 598

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Louin (601) 739

* Lumberton (601) 244,688,796

(769) 301

* McLain (601) 258,338,418,753

(769) 305

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,806

* Neely (601) 525

(769) 245



* Newton-Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,745,

887


* Poplarville (601) 240,365,386,403,463,652,

746,795,872

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,776,

838

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,822

* Rose Hill (601) 727

* Sand Hill (601) 989

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227



* Tylertown (601) 222,239,303,377,803,814,

827,876

* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,509,

671,735,755

* White Oak (601) 269

* Wiggins (601) 312,367,385,476,494,523,

528,585,716,723,762,819,

928

(T)











POLKVILLE

BAND A CALLS

Polkville (601) 537

BAND B CALLS

Walters (601) 546

White Oak (601) 269

BAND C CALLS

*Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274


* Morton (601) 732,864,915


(769) 252

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

BAND D CALLS

* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Florence (601) 845,891,893

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Louin (601) 739

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201



* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

NO BAND E CALLS

(T)

(T)

BAND F CALLS


* Big Creek (601) 763

* Bolton (601) 202,533,866

* Canton (601) 391,407,560,667,691,

761,855,859

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,

741,780

* Clinton (601) 339,460,473,488,708,

910,924,925,926

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Crystal Springs (601) 281,308,647,892

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(796) 400,999

* Edwards (601) 589, 852

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Flora (601) 401,879

(769) 888


* Goodman (662) 472,735

* Hazlehurst (601) 224,505,552,574,623,

717,894

(769) 220

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Jackson (601) 200,201,203,206,208,

209,212,213,214,238,

259,260,278,291,292,

306,313,316,317,321,

326,328,331,345,346,

351,352,353,354,355,

359,360,362,364,366,

368,370,371,372,373,

376,383,387,397,398,

405,

(T)

(T)




TC-120-0008-00 14th Revised Sheet 8.42.1

All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 13th Revised Sheet 8.42.1




BAY SPRINGS AREA CALLING PLAN

(Continued)


POLKVILLE (Continued)


* Jackson (Cont) (601) 414,420,421,432,454,

461,471,478,487,496,

497,500,502,503,506,

510,519,521,524,540,

559,566,572,573,576,

586,592,594,608,609,

613,622,624,664,665,

668,672,709,713,714,

715,718,720,750,760,

767,812,813,815,826

832,842,850,862,863,

874,882,896,899,906,

914,918,919,922,923,

927,929,930,932,933,

936,937,939,940,941,

942,944,946,948,949,

951,952,953,954,955,

956,957,960,961,965,

966,968,969,973,974,

977,978,979,981,982,

983,984,985,987,988,

991,992,995

(769) 208,216,218,226,230,

232,233,234,235,237,

243,246,251,257,447,

487,524,572,610,777,

798,823,972

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804

*Madison (601) 427,499,605,607,707,

790,853,856,898

(769) 231,300

(T)

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,

806


* Newton-Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887

* Philadelphia (601) 284,389,416,504,562,

568,575,650,656,663,

676,728,781,836

(769) 236,757

* Pickens (662) 468, 876

* Pittman (601) 752

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Raymond (601) 526,857,871

* Rose Hill (601) 727

* Seminary (601) 640,722


(769) 227

* SoSo (601) 375,729

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Terry (601) 878

(769) 224

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Wesson (601) 563,643

(769) 213

(T)













ROSE HILL

BAND A CALLS

Rose Hill (601) 727

NO BAND B CALLS

BAND C CALLS


(769) 692

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Louin (601) 739

* Newton Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,745,

887


* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,776,

838

Sylvarena (601) 789

BAND D CALLS

* Briarwood (601) 449,681,844

(769) 200

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321


* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,294,

409,453,458,462,474,479,

480,481,482,483,484,485,

486,490,512,513,527,531,

553,581,595,604,612,614,

616,621,626,644,655,678,

685,686,692,693,696,701,

703,710,880,917,934,938

* Obadiah (601) 737,771,895,908

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

NO BAND E CALLS

(T)

BAND F CALLS

* Big Creek (601) 763

* Buckatunna (601) 648,963

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,741,

780

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,712,

765,837,921

(769) 299

* DeKalb (601) 290,662,743,751,793

(769) 486

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,817

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,541,

564,625,697,742,900

(769) 274

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,340,

342,344,369,390,399,422,

425,426,428,433,438,470,

498,518,577,578,580,649,

651,682,699,778,804

* Lynville (601) 539,677

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Naval Air Station (601) 350,679,821,846


(769) 252

* Philadelphia (601) 284,389,416,504,562,

568,575,650,656,663,

676,728,781,836

(769) 236,757

* Pittman (601) 752


* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,822

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Seminary (601) 640,722

* SoSo (601) 375,729

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

* Toomsuba (601) 632,637,851

* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,509,

671,735,755

* White Oak (601) 269

(T)

(T)

* LONG DISTANCE WITHOUT AREA CALLING PLAN. Usage Caps apply to Band A through Band C, Caps =

Residence - $15.00, Business - $25.00










SOSO

BAND A CALLS

Soso (601) 375,729

BAND B CALLS

Big Creek (601) 763

Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804


BAND C CALLS

* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

Pittman (601) 752

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

BAND D CALLS

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Louin (601) 739

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Seminary (601) 640,722

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307


(T)

NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS


* Beaumont (601) 246,588,784

(769) 303

* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Buchatunna (601) 648,963

* Columbia (601) 293,419,424,441,444,

522,633,674,690,731

736,740

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274


* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,

270,271,288,296,297,

299,305,307,310,315,

318,325,329,332,336,

402,408,434,447,450,

459,466,467,475,520,

543,544,545,549,550,

554,558,570,579,582,

583,584,596,599,602,

606,610,620,658,705,

726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390


* Janice (601) 598

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Lumberton (601) 244,688,796

(769) 301

* McLain (601) 258,338,418,753

(769) 305

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

(T)












Soso (Continued)


* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,

294,409,453,458,462,

474,479,480,481,482,

483,484,485,486,490,

512,513,527,531,553,

581,595,604,612,614,

616,621,626,644,655,

678,685,686,692,693,

696,701,703,710,880,

917,934,938

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,

806

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* Neely (601) 525

(769) 245



* Newton-Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887


(769) 252


* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Purvis (601) 235,242,348,436,464,

744,794

(769) 456

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,

776,838

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Rose Hill (601) 727

* Sand Hill (601) 989

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227


* Walters (601) 546

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,

509,671,735,755

* White Oak (601) 269

(T)

(T)












SYLVARENA

BAND A CALLS

Sylvarena (601) 789

BAND B CALLS


(769) 692

Louin (601) 739


* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

BAND C CALLS

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

Rose Hill (601) 727

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

BAND D CALLS

* Big Creek (601) 763

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321


* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

(T)

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201

* Newton Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887


* Soso (601) 375,729

* Walters (601) 546

* White Oak (601) 269

NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS


* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Briarwood (601) 449,681,844

(769) 200

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,

741,780

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Florence (601) 845,891,893


* Hattiesburg (601) 255,261,264,266,268,

270,271,288,296,297,

299,305,307,310,315,

318,325,329,332,336,

402,408,434,447,450,

459,466,467,475,520,

543,544,545,549,550,

554,558,570,579,582,

583,584,596,599,602,

606,610,620,658,705,

726,818,909,913

(769) 223,390

* Jackson (601) 200,201,203,206,208,

209,212,213,214,238,

259,260,278,291,292,

306,313,316,317,321,

326,328,331,345,346,

351,352,353,354,355,

359,

(T)











17. Calling Plan Exchanges (Continued) (T)

SYLVARENA (Cont.)

BAND F CALLS (Cont.)

* Jackson (Cont.) (601) 360,362,364,366,368,

370,371,372,373,376,

383,387,397,398,405,

414,420,421,432,454,

461,471,478,487,496,

497,500,502,503,506,

510,519,521,524,540,

559,566,572,573,576,

586,592,594,608,609,

613,622,624,664,665,

668,672,709,713,714,

715,718,720,750,760,

767,812,813,815,826,

832,842,850,862,863,

874,882,896,899,906,

914,918,919,922,923,

927,929,930,932,933,

936,937,939,940,941,

942,944,946,948,949,

951,952,953,954,955,

956,957,960,961,965,

966,968,969,973,974,

977,978,979,981,982,

983,984,985,987,988,

991,992,995

(769) 208,216,218,226,230,

232,233,234,235,237,

243,246,251,257,447,

487,524,572,610,777,

798,823,972

* Madison (601) 427,499,605,607,707,

790,853,856,898

(769) 231,300

* Meridian (601) 207,227,236,282,286,

294,409,453,458,462,

474,479,480,481,482,

483,484,485,486,490,

512,513,527,531,553,

581,595,604,612,614,

616,621,626,644,655,

678,685,686,692,693,

696,701,703,710,880,

917,934,938

(T)

BAND F CALLS

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,

806


* Obadiah (601) 737,771,895,908


(769) 252

* Philadelphia (601) 284,389,416,504,562,

568,575,650,656,663,

676,728,781,836

(769) 236,757

* Pittman (601) 752

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Quitman (601) 226,237,274,557,768,

776,838

* Richton (601) 314,689,788,902,912

* Seminary (601) 640,722

* Shubuta (601) 687,884,993


(769) 227

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Terry (601) 878

(769) 224

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Waynesboro (601) 263,295,381,410,468,

509,671,735,755

(T)












WALTERS

BAND A CALLS

Walters (601) 546

BAND B CALLS

Pelahatchie (601) 759,854

(769) 252

Polkville (601) 537

BAND C CALLS

Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274


* Morton (601) 732,864,915

White Oak (601) 269

BAND D CALLS

* Florence (601) 845,891,893

* Jackson (601) 200,201,203,206,208,

209,212,213,214,238,

259,260,278,291,292,

306,313,316,317,321,

326,328,331,345,346,

351,352,353,354,355,

359,360,362,364,366,

368,370,371,372,373,

376,383,387,397,398,

405,414,420,421,432,

454,461,471,478,487,

496,497,500,502,503,

506,510,519,521,524,

540,559,566,572,573,

576,586,592,594,608,

609,613,622,624,664,

665,668,672,709,713,

714,715,718,720,750,

760,767,812,813,815,

826,832,842,850,862,

863,874,882,896,899,

906,914,918,919,922,

923,927,929,930,932,

933,936,937,939,940,

(T)

(T)

* Jackson (Cont) (601) 941,942,944,946,948,

949,951,952,953,954,

955,956,957,960,961

965,966,968,969,973,

974,977,978,979,981,

982,983,984,985,987

988,991,992,995

(769) 208,216,218,226,230,

232,233,234,235,237,

243,246,251,257,447,

487,524,572,610,777,

798,823,972

* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Madison (601) 427,499,605,607,707,

790,853,856,898

(769) 231,300

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822


NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS


* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

* Big Creek (601) 763

* Bolton (601) 202,533,866

* Canton (601) 391,407,560,667,691,

761,855,859

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,

741,780

* Clinton (601) 339,460,473,488,708,

910,924,925,926

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Crystal Springs (601) 281,308,647,892

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

(T)

(T)












WALTERS (Cont.)


* Edwards (601) 589, 852

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Flora (601) 401,879

(769) 888


* Goodman (662) 472,735

* Hazlehurst (601) 224,505,552,574,623,

717,894

(769) 220

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426,428,

433,438,470,498,518,

577,578,580,649,651,

682,699,778,804

* Louin (601) 739

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,

806

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201


* Newton-Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887


* Philadelphia (601) 284,389,416,504,562,

568,575,650,656,663,

676,728,781,836

(769) 236,757

* Pickens (662) 468, 876

* Pittman (601) 752

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Raymond (601) 526,857,871

* Rose Hill (601) 727

(T)

* Seminary (601) 640,722


(769) 227

* SoSo (601) 375,729

* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

* Terry (601) 878

(769) 224

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Utica (601) 885

(769) 206

* Wesson (601) 563,643

(769) 213

(T)












WHITE OAK

BAND A CALLS

White Oak (601) 269

BAND B CALLS

Polkville (601) 537

Walters (601) 546

BAND C CALLS

* Magee (601) 382,423,439,721,849,

867

* Mendenhall (601) 231,675,808,847

* Mize (601) 396,603,733,975

* Raleigh (601) 234,241,374,491,782,

822

BAND D CALLS

* Bay Springs (601) 670,764

(769) 692

* Brandon (601) 217,591,706,724,824,

825,829

(769) 241

* Florence (601) 845,891,893

* Forest (601) 257,287,333,469,507,

541,564,625,697,742,

900

(769) 274


* Lake (601) 775,962

(769) 202

* Louin (601) 739

* Morton (601) 732,864,915

* Mount Olive (601) 216,797

(769) 201




(769) 252


* Taylorsville (601) 252,452,457,785,901

(769) 248,553

(T)

(T)

NO BAND E CALLS

BAND F CALLS


* Big Creek (601) 763

* Bolton (601) 202,533,866

* Canton (601) 391,407,560,667,691,

761,855,859

* Carthage (601) 253,267,298,302,654,

741,780

* Clinton (601) 339,460,473,488,708,

910,924,925,926

* Collins (601) 245,489,517,641,698,

712,765,837,921

(769) 299

* Crystal Springs (601) 281,308,647,892

* Decatur (601) 635

* Duffee (601) 843,986

(769) 400,999

* Ellisville (601) 349,440,477,719,800,

817

* Enterprise (601) 659,704,839,840

* Flora (601) 401,879

(769) 888


* Hazlehurst (601) 224,505,552,574,623,

717,894

(769) 220

* Heidelberg (601) 343,787,903,935,997

(769) 287,321

* Jackson (601) 200,201,203,206,208,

209,212,213.214,238,

259,260,278,291,292,

306,313,316,317,321,

326,328,331,345,346,

351,352,353,354,355,

359,360,362,364,366,

368,370,371,372,373,

376,383,387,397,398,

405,

(T)

(T)











17. Calling Plan Exchanges (Continued) (T)

WHITE OAK (Cont.)


* Jackson (Cont) (601) 414,420,421,432,454,

461,471,478,487,496,

497,500,502,503,506,

510,519,521,524,540,

559,566,572,573,576,

586,592,594,608,609,

613,622,624,664,665,

668,672,709,713,714,

715,718,720,750,760,

767,812,813,815,826,

832,842,850,862,863,

874,882,896,899,906,

914,918,919,922,923,

927,929,930,932,933,

936,937,939,940,941,

942,944,946,948,949,

951,952,953,954,955,

956,957,960,961,965,

966,968,969,973,974,

977,978,979,981,982,

983,984,985,987,988,

991,992,995

(769) 208,216,218,226,230,

232,233,234,235,237,

243,246,251,257,447,

487,524,572,610,777,

798,823,972

* Laurel (601) 230,283,319,323,335,

340,342,344,369,390,

399,422,425,426, 428,

433,438,470,498, 518,

577,578,580,649, 651,

682,699,778,804

* Madison (601) 427,499,605,607,707,

790,853,856,898

(769) 231,300

(T)

* Monticello (601) 393,455,587,615,756,

806

* Newton-Hickory (601) 357,627,646,666,683,

745,887

* Pittman (601) 752

* Prentiss (601) 792,860

* Raymond (601) 526,857,871

* Rose Hill (601) 727

* Seminary (601) 640,722


(769) 227

* SoSo (601) 375,729

* Sumrall (601) 243,516,758

(769) 307

* Terry (601) 878

(769) 224

* Union (601) 232,774,820

(769) 222

* Wesson (601) 563,643

(769) 213




TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.49





CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SERVICE

A. General

1. Classroom Communication Service provides local access service for

in-classroom voice and data communications. It is intended only as a

communications link between classrooms for the purpose of enhancing the

education process by allowing one or more teachers to conduct classes at

multiple locations and to access various informational databases.

Classroom Communication Services is applicable to public libraries; for

the purposes of this tariff, public libraries include the state library,

archives, regional libraries and free public libraries in any county, city or

town.

2. This access line will not be used for administrative purposes or replace

existing administrative lines.

3. Directory listings will not be provided.

B. Regulations

1. This service is available to full time educational institutions, public or

private that are eligible for accreditation by the Southern Association of

Colleges and Schools.

2. Grouping service will be provided at the applicable rates for Area Calling

Plan residence subscribers.

3. All rules and regulations appearing in other sections of this tariff apply

unless otherwise stated herein.

C. Rates and Charges

1. The rates and charges for Classroom Communication Service include a

monthly recurring access line rate and local usage charges.

ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.


TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.50





CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION SERVICE (Continued)

C. Rates and Charges (Continued)

2. Local usage will be billed at the rates shown in "Usage Rates" in the Area

Calling Plan preceding.

3. The usage package and regulations will be the same as those applicable to

the Area Calling plans for residence subscribers as shown in the Area

Calling Plan preceding.

4. Time of day discounts are shown in the Area Calling Plan preceding.

5. The monthly recurring charges for the access line will be billed a the

following rate which does not include Touch-Tone service.

a. Access Line Monthly Rate

1) Both Way (Same as Residence

Individual Line Area Calling

Plan Rate) $ -

6. Calls completed with automated calling cards or operator assistance

within the local calling area as described in the Area Calling Plan will be

rated at the usage charges preceding in addition to the appropriate

Operator Assisted Local Call Surcharges. Such calls are itemized on the

subscriber's billing statement and are billed outside any applicable usage

caps or allowances. All other calls completed with automated calling

cards or operator assistance will be billed the applicable Long Distance

Message Telecommunications Service (MTS) charges as described in

Section V of this tariff.

7. Service charges will be billed at the residence rate as shown in Section IV

of this tariff.



TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.51





PREPAID LOCAL SERVICE A. Prepaid Rates and Charges

Services are available to business and residence customers. The classification of service as business or residence is determined by the character of use of the service as stated in the Definitions Section of this tariff.

1. Local Exchange Service

Local Exchange Service provides an individual access line for the transmission of two-way switched voice or data communication with a local calling area. The individual access line is the connecting facility between a Customer=s premise and a serving central office that provides customer access to the switched network for placing and receiving calls. Access to 911 Emergency Services is provided at no charge. The individual access line also enables the customer to access the service of long distance carriers.

2. Residence Service

Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. offers residential customers a

monthly flat rate for all their local calling needs. The residential

customer is provided an individual access line and unlimited local calling

within their local calling area. The local exchange calling area is defined

in Section II of this tariff.

a. Monthly Charge Per Access Line

The Monthly Charge Per Access Line includes unlimited calling within

the specified local calling area.

Monthly Charge Per Line $39.50

b. Zone Usage Charges

Zone Usage Charges are as follows:

Zone 1 - $ 5.00

Zone 2 - $10.00

Zone 3 - $10.00



TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.52




.LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE TARIFF

PREPAID LOCAL SERVICE (Continued)

A. Rates and Charges (Continued)

3. Business Service

Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. offers business customers a monthly

flat rate for all their local calling needs. The customer is provided an

individual access line and calling within their local calling area. The local

exchange calling area is defined Section II of this tariff.

a. Monthly Recurring Charge

A monthly recurring charge per access line includes unlimited calling

within the specified local calling area.

Monthly Charge per Access Line - $68.65

4. Service Connection Charges

a. Rates

Non-Recurring Charges

Residence Business

Prepaid Rates and Charges

Service Order Charge $69.00 ¹ $80.00

¹ $69.00 includes Connection Fee and 1st Month=s Access Charge.



TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.53






B. Custom Calling Services

The following non-recurring and monthly recurring charges apply to custom

calling services.

1. Non-Recurring Charges

Non-Recurring Charges

Residence Business

New or Change, Per Line (1) $10.00 $14.00

2. Recurring Charges

Recurring Charges

Residence Business

Call Forwarding $ 4.50 $ 6.50

Call Waiting $ 4.50 $ 6.50

Three-Way Calling $ 4.50 $ 6.50

Speed Calling $ 4.50 $ 6.50

Repeat Dialing $ 4.50 $ 6.20

Call Return $ 4.50 $ 6.00

Caller ID Deluxe $ 9.00 $ 10.50

Touch-Tone $ 0.75 $ 2.00

Memory Call $ 9.00 $ 10.50

Non-recurring charges do not apply if custom calling services are added at the same time

that initial service is disconnected.



TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.54




LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES TARIFF


C. Operator Services (Reserved for Future Use)



TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 8.55






D. Directory Listings

The Company provides for a single directory listing in the alphabetical (white)

section of the telephone directory published by the dominant exchange service

provider in the customer=s exchange area and the local directory assistance data

base free of charge upon initiation of basic local exchange service. Non-published

listings are not listed in the directory or in the Company=s Directory Assistance

Records. Changes and/or additions to directory listings may incur applicable

Service Connection Charges.

Monthly Charges

Residence Business

Initial Listing - White Pages No Charge No Charge

Additional Listing $1.50 $1.50

Non-published Listing $4.50 $4.50









@HOME EXPRESS SERVICE PACKAGE

The @Home Express service package is available to residential subscribers only.

The @Home Express service package provides the following specified features. A flat rate

individual access line or Bay Springs area calling plan option (BSACP) is also available.

BSACP usage rates as set forth in the BSACP Local Services usage rates also apply.

The rates specified herein for @Home Express service entitles a residence subscriber to

unlimited calling to all exchange access lines within the subscriber=s local calling area as

defined in Section II of this tariff for the flat rate plan. Rules, regulations, local calling

areas, usage packages and usage rates specified in BSACP Local service apply for an Area

Calling Plan access line.

The rates specified herein also entitle a residence subscriber to unlimited use of the

following services/features as defined in Section V of this tariff:

Call Return Enhanced Caller ID

Call Waiting Repeat Dialing

Call Forwarding - Busy Line Speed Calling (30 codes)

Call Forwarding - No Answer Touchtone Services

Do Not Disturb V-Mail Plus Services

Service charges specified in Section IV of this tariff do not apply for a conversion of

existing service to/from @Home Express service.

Rates and Charges

The following rates include the basic one-party line access charge and the above-listed

services. ACP usage and other services are in addition to these rates and are found

elsewhere in this tariff.

Monthly Rate

@Home Express flat rate service

Each flat rate one-party service $53.00

@Home Express with ACP service

Each BSACP one-party Access Line* $44.00

* plus appropriate usage charges








BUSINESS EXPRESS SERVICE PACKAGE

The Business Express service package is available to business subscribers only.

The Business Express service package provides the following specified features. A flat

rate individual access line or Bay Springs area calling plan option (BSACP) is also

available. BSACP usage rates as set forth in the BSACP Local Services usage rates also

apply.

The rates specified herein for Business Express service entitles a business subscriber to

unlimited calling to all exchange access lines within the subscriber=s local calling area as

defined in Section II of this tariff for the flat rate plan. Rules, regulations, local calling

areas, usage packages and usage rates specified in BSACP Local service apply for an Area

Calling Plan access line.

The rates specified herein also entitle a business subscriber to unlimited use of the

following services/features as defined in Section V of this tariff:

Call Return Caller ID Deluxe

Call Waiting Repeat Dialing

Call Forwarding-Busy Line Touchtone Services

Call Forwarding - No Answer V-Mail Plus Services

Service charges specified in Section IV of this tariff do not apply for a conversion of

existing service to/from Business Express service.

Rates and Charges

The following rates include the basic one-party line access charge and the above-listed

services.

ACP usage and other services are in addition to these rates and are found elsewhere in

this tariff.

Monthly Rate

Business Express flat rate service

Each flat rate one-party service $64.40**

Business Express with ACP service

Each BSACP one-party Access Line* $64.40**

* plus appropriate usage charges

** Key and PBX line access charges and Trunk Hunting are in addition to these rates.

(T)


TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 9





HOME ADVANTAGE PACKAGES

Home Advantage packages are available to residential subscribers only.

1. HOME ADVANTAGE INTERNET

The Home Advantage service package provides the following specified features:

A. A flat rate individual residential access line or Bay Springs Area Calling Plan

option (BSACP).

B. Dial Up Internet Service

C. 100 Long Distance Minutes (United States only)

D. Inside Wire Maintenance

E. Feature Service Packages - Option 3 Sec. V, Page 32-L.4.1

The rates specified herein for Home Advantage Internet entitles a residence

subscriber to unlimited calling to all exchange access lines within the subscriber=s

local calling area as defined previously in Section II of this tariff for the flat rate

plan. Rules, regulations, local calling areas, usage packages and usage rates

specified in BSACP local service apply for an Area Calling Plan access line.

Dial Up Internet speed is best effort.

Customers must presubscribe to Bay Springs Long Distance dba TEC Long Distance

(TEC) for the 100 free minutes. Minutes in excess of 100 minutes per month will be

billed at ten cents per minute for domestic calling (United States) and the applicable

rates of TEC for calling outside of the United States. Prices are posted on the TEC

website at www.TEC.com.

Rates and Charges: Monthly Non-Recurring

Home Advantage Internet

Residential Flat Rate Access Line $56.95 *

Residential with Bay Springs ACP $47.20 *

* Service charges specified in Section IV of this tariff do not apply for a

conversion of existing service to/from Home Advantage service packages.

ALL MATERIAL ON THIS PAGE IS NEW.


TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 10





HOME ADVANTAGE PACKAGES (Continued)

2. HOME ADVANTAGE

The Home Advantage service package provides the following specified features:


option (BSACP).

B. 512K/128K residential DSL High Speed Internet Access

C. 100 Long Distance Minutes (United States Only)

The rates specified herein for Home Advantage entitles a residence subscriber to

unlimited calling to all exchange access lines within the subscriber=s local calling

area as defined previously in Section II of this tariff for the flat rate plan. Rules,

regulations, local calling areas, usage packages and usage rates specified in BSACP

local service apply for an Area Calling Plan access line.

DSL 512K/128K Internet speed is best effort.







Home Advantage







TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 11





HOME ADVANTAGE PACKAGES (Continued)

3. HOME ADVANTAGE+ (PLUS)

The Home Advantage+ service package provides the following specified features:


option (BSACP).

B. 512K/128K residential DSL High Speed Internet Access

C. 100 Long Distance Minutes (United States Only)

D. Inside Wire Maintenance

E. Feature Service Packages - Option 3 Sec. V, Page 32-L.4.1

The rates specified herein for Home Advantage+ entitles a residence subscriber to

unlimited calling to all exchange access lines within the subscriber=s local calling

area as defined previously in Section II of this tariff for the flat rate plan. Rules,

regulations, local calling areas, usage packages and usage rate specified in BSACP

local service apply for an Area Calling Plan access line.

DSL 512K/128K Internet speed is best effort.







Home Advantage+ (Plus)







TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 12





VALUE PACK SERVICES PACKAGES

The Value Pack service packages are available to residential subscribers only.

The Company offers the following bundled service products and allows the customer to

customize their services based on an al la carte selection of the following groups of service.

The customer must have a residential access line service and may combine services with

the residential access line at the bundled package rates shown below.

The customer may choose to bundle their services from any of the following categories. A

minimum of two (2) categories from the list below are required for the Value Pack

Services Bundle:

VALUE CALLING (1) MONTHLY BUNDLED PRICE

250 Minutes of long distance $20.00 *

500 Minutes of long distance $30.00 *

Unlimited long distance minutes $50.00 **

* Each additional minute will be billed at the standard long distance rates based on the

jurisdiction of the call.

** Unlimited plan includes a maximum of 1000 minutes. Minutes over 1000 will be

billed at the standard long distance rates based on the jurisdiction of the call.

(1) Customer must be presubscribed to company=s long distance service for interLATA

and intraLATA long distance calling. Call detail will not be provided for call minutes

included in the plan. Call detail will be provided for calls exceeding the plan minutes.

VALUE NET

512k/128k Residential High Speed Internet Access $35.00 (2)

Upgrade to 1.5 High Speed Internet $ 9.95 ***

Upgrade to 3.0 High Speed Internet $14.95 ***

*** Rate is in addition to the $35.00 basic bundled rate for internet service

(2) Internet service provided by the company or its affiliate.



TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 13

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 13





VALUE PACK SERVICES PACKAGES (Continued)

VALUE PICK 5 MONTHLY BUNDLED PRICE

Customer may select 5 of the following features: $12.00

Anonymous Call Rejection

Call Forwarding

Call Forwarding Busy Line

Call Forwarding No Answer

Call Screening

Call Transfer

Call Waiting

Caller ID Enhanced

Direct Connect

Do Not Disturb

Priority Ringing

Repeat Dialing

Speed Calling 8

Three-Way Calling

VALUE PICK DELUXE

Customer may select any or all of the following features: $15.00

Anonymous Call Rejection

Call Forwarding



Call Screening

Call Transfer

Call Waiting

Caller ID Enhanced

Direct Connect

Do Not Disturb

Priority Ringing

Repeat Dialing

Speed Calling 30

Three-Way Calling

Voice Mail Plus

(I)

(C)

(I)

(C)


TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 14



Order Number: ___________ Monroe, LA 71201


VALUE PACK SERVICES PACKAGES (Continued)

VALUE PICK VOICE MAIL WITH UNIFIED MONTHLY BUNDLED PRICE

MESSAGING / FIND-ME-FOLLOW-ME

Restricted to Residential customer only $10.00

(N)

|

|

|

|

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC SECTION II

TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 15

Cancels Original Sheet 15

LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICES TARIFF




VOICE FEATURES PACKAGES

MONTHLY BUNDLED PRICE

Business Feature Package 1: $12.00

Call Forwarding

Call Return

Call Waiting

Caller ID Enhanced

Business Feature Package 2: $30.00

Call Forwarding



Call Return

Call Transfer

Call Waiting

Caller ID Enhanced

Personal Ringing (Ring 3)

Speed Calling 30 Code

Three-Way Calling

Voice Mail Plus Package (per mailbox)

(T)

(T)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Bay Springs Exchange Original Sheet 1

Issue Date: 5/29/81 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 2 Big Creek Exchange Cancels Original Sheet 2

Issue Date: Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 12/21/81 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 3 Homewood Exchange Cancels Original Sheet 3


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Louin Exchange Original Sheet 4


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Old Taylorsville Exchange Original Sheet 5


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 6 Pittman Exchange Cancels Original Sheet 6


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Polkville Exchange Original Sheet 7


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Rosehill Exchange Original Sheet 8


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Soso Exchange Original Sheet 9


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 10 Sylvarena Exchange Cancels Original Sheet 10

Issue Date: 11/30/81 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 12/21/81 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 Walters Exchange Original Sheet 11


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION III TC-120-0008-00 White Oak Exchange Original Sheet 12


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 1 All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels Original Sheet 1

Issue Date: 8/04/86 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1/01/88 1100 North 18th Street, Second Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


SERVICE CHARGES

DEFINITIONS

General Service Charge for Connection, Move or Change of Service

The term Service Charge as specified herein and in other sections of this Tariff is defined as the non-recurring charge or charges applying to the ordering, installing, moving, changing, rearranging and furnishing of telephone service. Service charges are categorized as (l) Service Ordering Charge and (2) Central Office Line Connection Charge.

1. The Service Ordering Charge is separated into three categories.

(a) The Service Ordering Charge with visit means the charge that applies

per customer request for work performed by the Company in connection with the receiving, recording and processing of the customer's request for service to be completed at one time and a visit to the customer's premises is required to complete the requested work.

(b) The Service Ordering Charge without visit means the charge that

applies per customer request for work performed by the Company in connection with the receiving, recording and processing of the customer's request for service to be completed at one time and a visit to the customer's premises is not required to complete the requested work.

(c) The Record Service Ordering Charge is the charge that applies to

listing activity requested by the customer.

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 2 All Exchanges in Certificated Areas (N) Cancels Original Sheet 2

Issue Date: Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 12/19/86 1100 North 18th Street, Second Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


SERVICE CHARGES

DEFINITIONS (Continued) Service Charge for Connection, Move, or Change or Service (Continued) General (Continued)

The term “per customer request” as specified in (a) and (b) preceding means all work or service ordered by one customer to be performed or provided at the same time on the same premises on the same system. Where both business and residence service is furnished on the same premises, the “per customer request” treatment is applicable separately for each service. When more than one service ordering charge applies at the same time on the same premises, only one service ordering charge with visit is applicable. The remaining service ordering charges will be without premises visit.

2. Central Office Line Connection Charge

The term “Central Office Line Connection Charge” applies to the charge for arranging an exchange line to provide service between the central office and the customer’s premises and/or other premises where the service is to be terminated. The charge applies for work including but not limited to:

(a) Making and changing connections or translations in the Central

Office.

(b) Making and changing connections in distribution facilities between the central office and the customer’s premises, including necessary cross connections and line and station transfers.

3.

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 3 All Exchanges in Certificated Area (N) Cancels Original Sheet 3



SERVICE CHARGES DEFINITIONS (Continued)

4.

5. Installation Charge

An installation charge is a non-recurring charge applying to the provision of certain items of equipment or facilities as distinguished from a Service Charge applicable for establishing, moving or changing basic telephone service and is in addition to applicable Service Charges. An installation charge may sometimes be referred to as an "initial" or "non-recurring" charge.

6. Termination Charge

A termination charge is a charge applying when a subscriber discontinues an item of service or equipment prior to the expiration of the initial service period designated for such item.

7. Restoration Charge

A restoration charge is a charge applicable to restoring service following a denial of such service.

8. Maintenance of Service Charge

A Maintenance of Service Charge is a non-recurring charge applicable for each repair visit to a customer's premise in connection with a service difficulty or from customer premises inside wire not covered under Option I of the deregulated optional maintenance plan.

(D) | | | |

(D)

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 4




SERVICE CHARGES

DEFINITIONS (Continued)

8.

9. Record Service Order Charge

A Record Service Order Charge is a charge involving customer listing activity requested by the customer, which requires no Company central office or customer premises action (other than changes from nonpublished listings to a listed number).

10. Number Change Charge

A Number Change Charge is a charge which applies for a customer originated request for a change of telephone number, PABX or Centrex station number.

11. Standard Network Interface

The Standard Network Interface is that point on the customer’s premises where all premises services are connected to the telecommunications network. The Standard Network Interface is a nontariffed weatherproof enclosure consisting of protector, a standard program jack or equipment and an entrance bridging device. The Standard Network Interface (SNI) will be placed at a location determined by the Company which is accessible to the customer. When a Standard Network Interface cannot be placed on the outside of a customer’s premise, the 1st inside jack location will be the point of connection to the telecommunications network.

12. Customer Premises Inside Wire

Customer Premises Inside Wire is that wire that runs between the Standard Network Interface where the Exchange Access Lines terminate and those standard jack terminations or equivalent, including the standard jack or equivalent, on the customer's premises to which terminal equipment can be connected for access to the Exchange Access Line. Customer Premises Inside Wire will be provided and maintained by the customer subject to the provisions of Section V of this tariff, Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission's Rules and Regulations, applicable electrical codes, and related Company practices.

(D) |

(D)

(T) | | |

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 4-A



SERVICE CHARGES

DEFINITIONS (Continued)

13. Premises Work Charge

Premises Work is that work performed by a Company representative on a customer premise exclusive of work required to establish a network access and includes, but is not limited to, service ordering and equipment handling. Therefore, the appropriate charges for these work functions for simple residence and simple business applications is the respective Premises Work Charge. Additional charges may apply for services provided which are not tariffed under this tariff.

14. Simple Business

The term “Simple Business” as specified herein is defined as business individual basic exchange service which does not terminate in a communications system. The term Business non-key is synonymous with the term Simple Business.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)





SERVICE CHARGES

SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR CONNECTING, MOVING OR CHANGING SERVICE

Non-Key Business or Residence

Business Residence Key/PABX/Coin 1. For connecting,

moving, or Changing service:

(a) Service Ordering

Charge, per customer request:

(1) Premises Visit

Required $22.00 $19.00 $25.00

(2) Premises Visit Not Required 9.00 8.00 11.00

(3) Record Type

Orders Only 9.00 8.00 11.00

(b) Central Office Line Connection Charge, per central office line or trunk 17.00 15.00 19.00

(c) Premise Work Charge,

per item 11.00 11.00 17.00

(d) 2. Number Change Charge

Per Number** 6.00 6.00 6.00 **Applies in addition to applicable service ordering charge.

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 6 Cancels Original Sheet 6



SERVICE CHARGES

SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR CONNECTING, MOVING OR CHANGING SERVICE

Non-Key Business or Residence Business Residence Key PABX Coin

3. Off Premise Extension

Installation Charge * $ 6.00 $ 6.00 4. Take Over of Existing

Equipment. Service Connection Charges may be waived if no premise visit is required $19.00 $19.00 $19.00 $19.00 $19.00

5. Service Maintenance

Charge *** per hr $60.00 $60.00 $60.00 $60.00 per addtl quarter hr $15.00 $15.00 $15.00 $15.00 6. Malicious Call Tracing

1) Company Procedure

2) Beyond Company Procedure for Customer Convenience

$25.00 pr/hr $25.00 per/hr * Monthly extension rate in addition to applicable service ordering charge *** Customer shall be responsible for payment of Company charges for visits by the

Company to the customer’s premises where a service difficulty or trouble report results from customer provided equipment and facilities.

(I) (N)





SERVICE CHARGES

APPLICATION OF CHARGES 1. General

a. Except as provided hereinafter, the following are subject to service charges:

(1) All classes of main station access service.

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5) Private Branch Exchange trunks.

(6) Key System trunks.

(7) Tie lines.

(8) Wide Area Telecommunications Service. (Intra- state).

(9) Telephone Answering Service.

(10) Miscellaneous Service arrangements.

(11) Mobile Telephone Service.

(D) | | |

(D)

(T)





SERVICE CHARGES

SERVICE CHARGES FOR CONNECTION OF NEW SERVICE a. Except as provided hereinafter, all requests for services requiring service ordering,

central office line connection and premise work are subject to the appropriate charge(s) required to provide that service as provided for in the preceding schedule of charges.

b. Where the service desired requires more than one central office line connection

charge and premise work charge, the sum of the separate charges for each function applies except as hereinafter provided. Service ordering charges apply as indicated in Definitions 1.b.

c. Service charges are not applicable to orders covering full or partial disconnections. d. When service is re-established at a location which has been destroyed by fire or

made untenantable by fire, wind, or flood, service charges for connection, move or change do not apply. If the subscriber desires service at a new location for a temporary period, service charges for connection will apply for the establishment of service at the temporary location.

e. Service Charges for connection, move or change do not apply to telephone service previously provided over a Government System where there is no break in the continuity of service.

f. Service Charges may be required to be paid at the time of application for service. g. On an intra-exchange extension or tie line circuit, a service ordering charge will

apply, plus the central office line connection charge. Additional charges may apply for services provided which are not tariffed under this tariff.

(T)

(T)





SERVICE CHARGES

SERVICE CHARGES FOR CONNECTION OF NEW SERVICE (Continued) h. Transfers of responsibility or change of name involving a change of responsibility

should be handled in accordance with provisions of Rules and Regulations, Transfer of Service Between Subscribers. If the change does not require central office line connection work or premise work, a Take Over of Existing Equipment charge is applicable. If the change does involve central office line connection work, premise work or number change, the charge for each element of the Service Charge will apply as appropriate.

i. Residence customers furnished PABX or Key equipment (except one-button

telephone and keyless telephone equipped with external key for two line pick up) are subject to PABX or Key service charges.

j. For Intra-state Wide Area Telecommunications Service the application of service

charges is identical to the application of service charges for business non-key, unless the WATS service is terminated in Key or PABX equipment, the Key or PABX Service Connection Charges will apply.

k. For Mobile Telephone service, the central office line connection charge plus the

service ordering charge will apply.

(T) (T)





SERVICE CHARGES

SERVICE CHARGES FOR ADDING NEW OR ADDITIONAL SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN CENTRAL OFFICE LINES OR MOVING OR CHANGING EXISTING SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT A. Adding New or Additional Service or Equipment Other Than Central Office Lines

1.

2. On orders for new items of equipment other than stations or central office lines and trunks the appropriate service ordering charge will apply plus any installation charge associated with the particular item being connected.

3.

B. Moving or Changing Existing Service or Equipment

1.

a.

b.

(D) | |

(D)

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





SERVICE CHARGES

SERVICE CHARGES FOR ADDING NEW OR ADDITIONAL SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT OTHER THAN CENTRAL OFFICE LINES OR MOVING OR CHANGING EXISTING SERVICE AND EQUIPMENT (Continued) B. Moving or Changing Existing Service or Equipment (Continued)

2. Charges for Inside Moves

a.

1)

2)

3)

4)

Additional charges may apply for services provided which are not tariffed under this tariff.

b.

(D) | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)

(D) | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 12 All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 12



SERVICE CHARGES


2.

c.

3.

a.

b.

c.

4. For rearrangement of drop wire and/or protector, a service ordering charge and Central Line Connection Charge are applicable. Additional charges may apply for services provided which are not tariffed under this tariff.

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 13 All Exchanges in Certificated Area Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 13



SERVICE CHARGES


6.

7. For a customer originated change of telephone number or PABX, or Centrex station number, a number change charge is applicable for each number changed plus the appropriate service ordering charge.

For a change from residence to business service, without a number change, the business service ordering charge (without visit) is applicable. For a change from business to residence, the residence service ordering charge plus a residence number change charge, is applicable. (When downgrading from a business to residence service the number must be changed.)

8.

SERVICE CHARGES EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY STATED, DO NOT APPLY IN THE CASES LISTED BELOW: 1. Changes required for the proper maintenance of the equipment or service.

(D) (D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 13-A

Cancels Original Sheet 13-A



SERVICE CHARGES

SERVICE CHARGES EXCEPT WHERE SPECIFICALLY STATED, DO NOT APPLY IN THE CASES LISTED BELOW: (Continued) 2. 3. 4. 5. Changes in telephone numbers made when in the judgement of the Company such

changes are necessary for continuation of satisfactory service. 6. 7. Any other work done at the time same will be at the applicable service charges. 8. Change in grade of service. No charges would apply when a subscriber elects a

higher grade of service when initially offered by the Company. Other changes in grade of service would be with the appropriate charges.

9. For each of the cases listed in 1. through 8. above, any additional work done

concurrently with excepted work will entail service charges applicable to that work.

(C)





SERVICE CHARGES

INSTALLATION CHARGE Installation Charges where applicable are identified and presented throughout this tariff as a part of the offering of individual items of equipment or of service features. TERMINATION CHARGE 1. A Termination Charge is determined by applying the percentage of the unexpired

portion of the Basic Termination Charge for the Initial Service Period, to the full Initial Service Period.

a. The Basic Termination Charge and the Initial Service Period are indicated in the

section of this tariff covering the service items to which to apply. 2. 3. When a subscriber cancels an order for service carrying a Basic Termination Charge

prior to the establishment of that service, a termination charge applies equal to the cost incurred by the Company in engineering, ordering and providing the equipment and disposing of it, less credits obtained through disposal. The termination charge in this event will not exceed the Basic Termination Charge.

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 15

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 15



SERVICE CHARGES

MINIMUM SERVICE CHARGE FOR WILLFUL DESTRUCTION OF TELEPHONE LINES OR EQUIPMENT

BUSINESS, EACH VISIT $35.00 RESIDENCE, EACH VISIT $25.00

When the Company is required to make a visit to the customer’s premises for the purpose of correcting a trouble caused by willful destruction of the telephone lines or equipment, the minimum service charge will apply if another specific service charge does not apply. The Company undertakes to maintain and repair the facilities which it furnishes to customers, unless otherwise stated in this tariff. The customer is assessed the actual cost of each apparatus, equipment or lines destroyed due to malicious, willful and negligent damage. The customer may not, nor permit others to, rearrange, disconnect or remove any equipment or wiring installed by the Company, unless otherwise authorized in this tariff. If facilities are rearranged, disconnected or removed, the Company shall have the right to make a charge sufficient to recover any losses experienced as a result of such unauthorized tampering. MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE CHARGE The customer shall be responsible for the payment of Company charges for visits by the Company to the customer’s premises where a service difficulty or trouble report results from customer-provided equipment and/or facilities, or from customer premises inside wire not covered under Option I of the deregulated optional maintenance plan. The following charges will apply:

RESIDENCE $60.00* BUSINESS $60.00*

A Maintenance of Service Charge will also apply for each repair visit to clear a trouble report that is caused by the subscriber’s receiver being off-hook. The Company shall advise the individual requesting that the trouble be cleared that he will be charged if the trouble is caused by a receiver off-hook, rather than the customer who left his receiver off-hook. On party lines, the subscriber leaving the receiver off-hook will be charged. Other instances when the Maintenance of Service Charge will apply are specifically stated in this tariff. *rate for first hour, each additional quarter hour will be billed at $15.00

(I) (I) (N)(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 16



SERVICE CHARGES

RESTORATION CHARGES In the event service is temporarily suspended for non-payment such service will be restored upon payment of all charges due. A restoration charge of a Service Order premise visit not required and a central office line connection charge, per central office line or trunk will apply for private lines. A restoration charge of a Service Order premise visit required and a central office line charge, per central office line will apply for party lines. Customers not reconnected within 5 days from date of suspension will be treated as a new customer and appropriate service charges and a new deposit will apply.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV







SERVICE CHARGES

LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

General

The Company, as part of its obligations as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier, offers

one low-income assistance program. This program, Lifeline Assistance, is offered under

the terms and conditions provided below:

Lifeline Assistance

A. General

1. Lifeline Assistance Program consists of one program, Lifeline Assistance.

This program was developed to reduce rates for low income customers. The

Company participates in this assistance program to increase the

availability of telecommunications services to all consumers in its serving

areas. The structure of this program is outlined in the following

paragraphs.

a. Where available, the broadband Internet access service provides a

minimum broadband speed of 18 Mbps downstream/2 Mbps upstream

and a minimum usage allowance of 1,000 Gigabytes per month. Dial-

up service does not qualify as a broadband Internet access service for

purposes of Lifeline Assistance.

b. If minimum broadband speed is not available, the subscriber may

receive support for the highest performing generally available

residential offering that meets or exceeds 4 Mbps downstream/1 Mbps

upstream.

2. Lifeline Assistance reduces an eligible customer's monthly rates for local

service. An eligible customer receives a federally subsidized credit toward

the monthly cost of primary residential telephone service or broadband

Internet access service. The Lifeline Assistance Program shall also be

extended beyond a telephone subscriber’s participation in the means-based

programs referenced in paragraph 4.B.2.a. following to also include any

individual in the telephone subscriber’s household. The telephone

subscriber must, however, demonstrate that the household member relied

upon for eligibility is eligible and participating in any of the means-based

programs and that the telephone subscriber is the financially responsible

party for the qualifying member of his or her household, or that the eligible

household member is the telephone subscriber’s dependent pursuant to the

rules and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. Alternatively, to

constitute a qualifying customer eligible to receive Lifeline Assistance, a

customer must meet the income level requirements set forth in paragraph

(C)

(C)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 7th Revised Sheet 17-A

6th Revised Sheet 17-A

Issue Date: 5/25/12 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 6/01/12 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201

LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (Continued) Lifeline Assistance (Continued)

B. Regulations

1. A customer’s household income must be at or below 135% of the Federal

Poverty Guidelines for a household of that size;

a. For purposes of these rules, “income” is defined as all income actually received by all members of a household. This includes salary before deduction for taxes, public assistance benefits, social security payments, pensions, unemployment compensation, veteran benefits, inheritances, alimony, child support payments, worker’s compensation benefits, gifts, lottery winnings, and the like. The only exceptions are student financial aid, military housing and cost-of living allowances, irregular income from occasional small jobs such as baby-sitting or lawn mowing, and the like.

b. A “household” is any individual or group of individuals who are

living together at the same address as one economic unit. A household may include related and unrelated persons. An “economic unit” consists of all adult individuals contributing to and sharing in the income and expenses of a household. An adult is any person eighteen (18) years or older. If an adult has no or minimal income, and lives with someone who provides financial support to him/her, both people shall be considered part of the same household. Children under the age of eighteen (18) living with their parents or guardians are considered to be part of the same household as their parents or guardians.

2. Each subscriber to Lifeline Assistance must certify in writing to the

Company, under penalty of perjury, that he/she receives benefits under a program outlined in sub-paragraph 4.B.2.a., below, and must, on the same document, agree to notify the Company if he/she ceases to participate in the program(s). The certification form shall conform to the requirements described herein, and shall be made available upon request to any subscriber. The Company shall retain all such subscriber certifications in order to furnish proof of subscriber eligibility as may be required from time to time by Universal Service administrators.

M1 – Material formerly found on this page found on Section IV, 2nd Revised Sheet 17-A-1. M2 – Material found on this page formerly found on Section IV, 8th Revised Sheet 17.

(N)(M1)

(N) (M1)

(M2)

(T)

(M2)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 17-A-1 Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 17-A-1



B. Regulations (Continued)

2. (Continued) a. Unless other eligibility requirements are established by the

Commission, Lifeline Assistance is also available to all residential subscribers who participate in one of the following programs:

(1) Medicaid, (2) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), (3) Supplemental Security Income (SSI),

(4) Veterans Pension and Survivors Benefits, or (5) Section 8 Federal Public Housing Assistance (FPHA).

3. Qualifying subscribers must provide the Company with acceptable

documentation as proof of their eligibility to receive Lifeline service under the income-based or program-based requirements; the documentation must be securely retained by the company. If the Company has a reasonable basis to believe that the subscriber no longer meets the qualifying criteria for Lifeline Assistance, the Company must notify the subscriber of impending termination of the subscriber’s Lifeline Assistance in writing separate from the subscriber’s monthly bill. If the subscriber fails to provide proof of eligibility within thirty (30) days following the Company’s written request to the subscriber to recertify eligibility, the credit will be discontinued on the bill and the subscriber will be de-enrolled from Lifeline Assistance within five (5) business days after the expiration of the subscriber’s time to respond to the request.

4. A subscriber who requests de-enrollment must be de-enrolled by the

Company within (2) business days after the request.

(C) (C)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 17-A-2 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 17-A-2




5. If the Company receives notification from the program administrator that

the subscriber is receiving Lifeline service from another telecommunications carrier or that more than one member of a subscriber’s household is receiving Lifeline service, the subscriber will be de-enrolled from Lifeline Assistance without notice within five (5) business days following the Company’s receipt of that notice.

6. The program administrator will confirm a subscriber’s continued eligibility

to receive Lifeline Assistance on an annual basis by requiring the subscriber to sign a certification as to his/her present qualifications for Lifeline Assistance. The program administrator must notify the subscriber in writing separate from the subscriber’s monthly bill that failure to respond to the recertification request will trigger de-enrollment. If the subscriber fails to provide proof of eligibility within sixty (60) days following the program administrator’s written request to the subscriber to recertify eligibility, the credit will be discontinued on the bill and the subscriber will be de-enrolled from Lifeline Assistance within five (5) business days after the expiration of the subscriber’s time to respond to the recertification efforts.

7. A subscriber may elect at the time of subscription to Lifeline Assistance to

receive Toll Blocking as part of Lifeline Assistance. "Toll Blocking" is a service that allows a subscriber to elect not to allow the completion of outgoing toll calls from the subscriber's residence. Local service deposit requirements will be waived for customers, who voluntarily receive Toll Limitation Service.

8. Lifeline Assistance will not be disconnected for non-payment of toll charges,

however, in the event toll charges are not paid within ten (10) days of the mailing of the Company bill, the Company will implement Toll Blocking immediately thereafter. In addition, the Company will not deny re-establishment of local service to customers who are eligible for Lifeline Assistance and have previously been disconnected for non-payment of toll charges. Lifeline Assistance will not be connected if an outstanding balance is owed by the customer for local service.

9. The Company may not collect a service deposit in order to initiate Lifeline

Assistance if the qualifying low-income subscriber voluntarily elects Toll Blocking from the Company, where available. If Toll Blocking is unavailable, then the Company may charge a service deposit.

(C) (C) (C)


TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 17-A-3

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 17-A-3





SERVICE CHARGES

LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (Continued)

Lifeline Assistance (Continued)


10. Lifeline subscribers may apply their Lifeline discount to the Company’s

voice telephone service, family shared calling plans, broadband Internet

access service, broadband Internet bundled service packages, or packages

containing optional calling features available to Lifeline customers. The

calling plan must be in the name of the eligible subscriber, and a household

may receive only one Lifeline supported service. Partial payments from

Lifeline subscribers purchasing bundled packages or packages containing

optional calling features will first be applied to pay down the allocated price

of the Lifeline voice services.

11.

12.

(D)

(D)


TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 17-A-4

Cancels Original Sheet 17-A-4





SERVICE CHARGES

LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (Continued)

Lifeline Assistance (Continued)


12.

13. One low income credit is available per household and is applicable to

the primary residential connection only.

14. A Lifeline customer may subscribe to any local service offering available to

other residential customers.

15. The PIC charge will not be billed to Lifeline customers who subscribe to Toll

Blocking and do not pre-subscribe to a long distance carrier.

(D)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 10th Revised Sheet 17-B

Cancels 9th Revised Sheet 17-B


SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES SERVICE CHARGES

LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (Continued) Lifeline Assistance (Continued) C. Credits

1. The following monthly credit* will apply for each customer eligible for Lifeline Assistance:

Monthly Credit*

a) Federal Credit $ 9.25** Total Credit Amount $ 9.25

This credit will first be applied to the Federal Subscriber Line Charge, if applicable, and any additional credit balance will be applied to the Lifeline Assistance supported service.

2. The Company shall apply the baseline payments received by the administrator

of the Federal Lifeline Assistance program to waive the qualifying customer’s Federal End User Common Line Charge. The Company shall apply any additional amount to the qualifying customer's basic local exchange service rate.

3. Partial payments that are received from Lifeline customers shall first be applied

to local service charges and then to any outstanding toll charges.

4. Each eligible Lifeline customer who elects to receive Toll Blocking service will receive the credit below, not to exceed the amount of the Toll Blocking service monthly charge.

Monthly Credit

a) Toll Limitation Service Credit $ 2.00 * Credit amount will not exceed the total of the Subscriber Line Charge and the Residential Local Exchange rate. ** The Federal Subscriber Line Charge Credit will equal the Federal Subscriber Line Charge as approved by the FCC. Credit is based on the FCC Subscriber Line Charge in effect at the time of filing.

(C) (C) (T) (R)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 8th Revised Sheet 17-C

Cancels 7th Revised Sheet 17-C



(N)

(D)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IV TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 17-D

Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 17-D


(T)

(T)

SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGES SERVICE CHARGES


(N)

(D)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V INDEX TC-120-0008-00 34th Revised Sheet 1

Cancels 33rd Revised Sheet 1

Issue Date: 06/01/15 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 09/30/15 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201

PAGE 711 Dialing Code for Telephone Relay Service (TRS) 55-I - 55-M Advanced Digital Services Basic Rate Interface (BRI) 67-J - 67-M.21 Advanced Digital Services Primary Rate Interface (PRI) 67-M.22 - 67-M.35 Alarm Circuit 33 Auto Attendant 62 - 63 Called Line Identification 67-N Centrex Service 14 - 15.14 Circuit Rental 34, 35 Conference on Demand 56.2 Custom Calling Services 32-E - 32-V Customer Premises Inside Wire 32 - 32-D Direct-Inward-Dialing (DID) Service 40, 41 Directory Listings 16 - 22 Dual Party Relay Service 58 Electronic or Special Key Service Systems 37, 38 Electronic or Special PABX Service 43 Employees' Service 57 Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service (E911) 27 - 30 Extension Line Mileage 4, 5 Find-Me-Follow-Me (TEC Track) 64 Foreign Exchange Service and

Foreign Central Office Service 47 - 47.4 Health Care Providers Support Program 31.3 - 31.5

Intra-LATA Long Distance Directory Assistance Service 67-B Intra-LATA Long Distance Operator Service Requiring

Telephone Number Assistance 67-B Joint User Service 26 Key Systems 39, 42 Local Directory Assistance Service 67-A Long Distance Directory Assistance Service -

Intrastate - InterLATA 67-C Long Distance Operator Service Requiring Telephone

Number Assistance - Intrastate - InterLATA 67-C

Music On Hold 63

(D) (D) (D) (D) (D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V INDEX TC-120-0008-00 41st Revised Sheet 2



PAGE N11 Dialing Service 55-A - 55-H Operator Assisted Local Calls and Local Calling

Card Service Calls 67-A Payphone Access Lines 67-G - 67-I Private Line Services 53 Remote Call Forwarding (RCF) Service 10 - 13 Reserved for Future Use 6 Reserved for Future Use 56.3 - 56.23 Residential Second Line Service 1, 1.1 Returned Check Charge 57-A SafetyNet Service 36 Schools and Libraries Discount Program 31 - 31.2 Selective Toll Restriction Services 2 - 3.1 Services for Mobile Service Providers (MSPs) and Other

Radio Common Carriers (RCCs) 23 - 25.18 Signaling Equipment Mileage 5 SimRing 64 SIP Feature Service - Business Option 1

- Platform Add-On Only 65, 66 SIP Feature Service - Business Option 2 - Single Line Add-On 67.2, 67.3 SIP Feature Service - Residential - Single Line Add-On 67, 67.1 Special Assemblies of Equipment 54 Special Billing Numbers 46 Specialized Types of Equipment 55 T - 1 Local Loop Facility 67-M.36 TEC Announce Service 56 - 56.1 Telecommunications Service Priority 48 - 52 Toll Operator Surcharges 67-D Trunk Hunting Services 44, 45 Unified Messaging Service (TEC Message) 61 Voice Mail (V-Mail) Services 7 - 9.2 Web Self Care 59 - 60 Wide Area Telecommunications Service 67-E

(T) (N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 1



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF RESIDENTIAL SECOND LINE SERVICE General Residential Second Line Service is an optional service which provides residential subscribers with an additional line which is available for inward and outward calling. These lines can be used for children's lines, lines for the elderly, home fax (restricted to residential use only) and other uses of residential nature. Regulations 1. This service is only provided with individual access line service and is subject to the

availability of existing central office and outside plant facilities within the exchange area where service is requested. Because of technical limitations, Residential Second Line Service is not provided on lines arranged for rotary/level hunting. Residential Second Line Service cannot be used as the primary residential line, and must be located on the same premises as the residential individual line service with which it is associated.

2. Residential Second Line Service is subject to a minimum service period of one

month. 3. A directory listing is provided on Residential Second Line Service numbers subject to

regulations as set forth in Section V of this tariff. 4. In the event Residential Second Line Service is used for a business line or other uses

of a business nature, standard business rates will apply retroactive to the in-service date of the second line.


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 1.1



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF RESIDENTIAL SECOND LINE SERVICE (Continued) Rates The following rates apply for Residential Line Service, in addition to the Service Ordering Charge found in Section IV, and to all other rates and charges applicable to the associated line. The access line rate per Residential Second Line Service is 75% of the monthly rate for flat rate residential individual line service. R - Restricted to existing subscribers only. No new service will be offered as of October 5, 1996.

(T)

(D) | | | |

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 2



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SELECTIVE TOLL RESTRICTION SERVICES General A. Where central office facilities are not available to block all customers, blocking may

be provided on an individual basis if facilities are available. B. Selective Toll Restriction Services will provide a choice of code restriction options for

selected outgoing calls. Each option will permit local calls and most nonchargeable calls.

C. Selective Toll Restriction Services will be available to basic exchange customers with

Individual Line Residence Service, Business Service, Key System or PBX Trunks. D. Subscribers dialing restricted codes in the Dialing Plan will be sent to an

appropriate recorded announcement. E. Selective Toll Restriction Services are furnished only from central offices which have

been arranged to provide these services. The services are provided subject to the availability of facilities.

F. Customers who apply for Selective Toll Restriction Service will be required to sign

an agreement, provided by the Company that acknowledges the customer's understanding of the calling limitations imposed by Selective Toll Restriction Service and the Company's limitation of liability as provided in this section.

G. The Company shall not be liable to any person for damages of any nature or kind

arising out of, resulting from, or in connection with the provision of Selective Toll Restriction Services offered herein, including, without limitation the inability of the station user to access the operator for any purpose and any of the other restricted codes specified in the dialing plan options listed hereunder.

H. Selective Toll Restriction (STR) is a service which enables customers to restrict

certain types of outgoing calls from being placed over their exchange lines/trunks. This capability is provided only by means of recorded announcement restriction. It is offered with options containing various sets of codes to be restricted, and is available to basic exchange customers with individual line residence or business service or PBX trunks in either flat, message or measured rate service environments.

Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on Original Sheet 2.2.

(N) | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF

SELECTIVE TOLL RESTRICTION SERVICES (Continued) General (Continued) I. Customers may subscribe to whichever option meets their needs, but only one option

may be provided on a line/trunk or group of lines/trunks. Also, options of this service may not be combined with Selective Class of Call Screening or Toll Trunks. The options of this service with their respective sets of codes are listed under "Selective Toll Restriction Options" and are available at the rates as specified in "Rates and Charges."

J. When STR is provided from central offices other than the customer's normal serving

central office, Foreign Central Office or Foreign Exchange charges as specified in this tariff, whichever is appropriate, will apply to all lines/trunks equipped with this service.

K. STR does not provide restriction of non-chargeable calls to Company numbers, such

as repair service or public emergency service numbers (911). L. Subscribing to STR does not relieve the customers of responsibility for calls charged

to their numbers. M. Customers who subscribe to Selective Toll Restriction Service options which restrict

operator access are required to place stickers on each restricted telephone indicating the operator cannot be reached. In addition, it is the responsibility of the customer to notify all users of their service that an operator cannot be reached.

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 2.2



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SELECTIVE TOLL RESTRICTION SERVICES (Continued) Selective Toll Restriction Options: The codes shown for STR options are not to be considered all inclusive. Codes may be changed and new or different codes may be added as deemed appropriate by the Company. 1. Option Number One Restricts: 1 + 976

Note: The 1 + 976 restriction is only applicable within the subscriber's area code. 2. Option Number Two Restricts: All 1 + 900 + telephone number. 3. Option Number Three Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 1+, 0-, 0+, 00-, (1+/0+) 411, 976,

NPA 900, IDDD 01 +, IDDD 011+ 4. Option Number Four Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 0-, 0+, 00-, IDDD 01+, 976 5. Option Number Five Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 1+, 0-, 0+, 00-, IDDD 011+, NPA 900 6. Option Number Six Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 1+976, NPA 900 7. Option Number Seven Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 1+, 1+800, 0-, 0+, 00-, (1+/0+) 411,

976, NPA 900, IDDD 01 +, IDDD 011+ 8. Option Number Eight Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 1+, 1+800, 0-, 0+, 00-, IDDD 011+,

NPA 900 9. Option Number Nine Restricts: Vacant Code Recording 1+976, 1+800, NPA 900, IDDD 10. Option Number Ten Restricts: Directory Assistance Only 411, 1+411, 1+(area code)555-1212 Rates and Charges A. The following rates and charges are for Selective Toll Restriction Services only and are in

addition to monthly rates and nonrecurring charges for exchange lines/trunks and other services of equipment with which they may be associated. Additionally applicable service charges apply to any Residence Line or PBX Trunk and any Business Line or PBX trunk for STR Options 3-5, 7 and 8. No service charges apply to Options 6 or 9. Only one option may be provided on a line/trunk or group of lines/trunks. In exchanges where facilities are available, Company initiated blocking of 900/976 will be made. Subscribers who want the capability of dialing 900/976 calls will be required to request in writing the unblocking of 900/976 NNX's.

(N) (N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SELECTIVE TOLL RESTRICTION SERVICES (Continued) Rates and Charges (Continued)

Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate

A. Option Number One

(a) Residence Line, each $5.00(1) $ - (b) Business Line, each 5.00(1) - (c) Key System or PBX Trunk, each 5.00(1) -

B. Option Number Two

(a) Residence Line, each $5.00(1) $ - (b) Business Line, each 5.00(1) - (c) Key System or PBX Trunk, each 5.00(1) -

C. Option Number Three - Restricted Codes

(a) Residence Line, each $5.00 $2.00 (b) Business Line, each 5.00 4.00 (c) Key System or PBX Trunk Residence, each 5.00 4.00

Business, each 5.00 4.00 D. Option Number Four - Restricted Codes

(a) Residence Line, each $5.00 $2.00 (b) Business Line, each 5.00 4.00 (c) Key System or PBX Trunk

Residence, each 5.00 4.00 Business, each 5.00 4.00

E. Option Number Five - Restricted Codes



Note (1): Service charges will not be applicable to Option Number 1 as follows: The nonrecurring charge will not be applicable to customers who subscribe (1) when the service is offered at the time of their application for new exchange service, (2) within 90 days after central office conversions which make Selective Toll Restriction service available for the first time, (3) within 90 days of the effective date of this tariff.

(D) (D)

(D) (D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 4



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SELECTIVE TOLL RESTRICTION SERVICES (Continued) Rates and Charges (Continued)

Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate

6. Option Number Six - Restricted Codes(2)

(a) Residence Line, each $ - $ - (b) Business Line, each - - (c) Key System or PBX Trunk

Residence, each - - Business, each - -

7. Option Number Seven - Restricted Codes



8. Option Number Eight - Restricted Codes



9. Option Number Nine - Restricted Codes(2)

(a) Residence Line, each $ - $ - (b) Business Line, each - - (c) Key System or PBX Trunk

Residence, each - - Business, each - -

10. Option Number Ten - Restricted Codes



Note (2): Where central office equipment is not available to block all customers, on the first occurrence of an adjustment due to unauthorized or mistaken 900 and/or 976 service calls blocking shall be offered to the customer at no charge. However, on the second occurrence of adjustment or customer refusal to pay the 900 and/or 976 service charges, Company initiated blocking may be imposed.

(N) (N)





EXTENSION LINE MILEAGE General 1. Where basic rates for extension access service are for such locations which are located

within the same building as the main station, key system, PABX switchboard or dial switching equipment, or the central measuring point in the case of Centrex systems. Where extension access locations are provided at other locations and for other circuit extensions or similar character, such as for jacks, extension of similar character, such as for jacks, extension line mileage charges are applicable as set forth below, in addition to the basic rates.

2. Mileage charges are computed on the route measurement from the building location of

the main station, key system or PABX system, or from the central measuring point for Centrex systems to the building in which the extension service, PABX station, Centrex extension station, key extension access location service or other service is located.

3. Mileage charges are computed separately for each extension access location. 4. Where construction is necessary for the purpose of furnishing extension lines on the

subscriber's premises, such construction will be furnished as provided for "Special Construction-Private Property" in the Rules and Regulations section of this tariff.

5. When it is known or realized that the life of all or part of the outside circuit extensions

will be shorter than the normal life of the plant or the cost of providing the plant is such as to render inadequate the mileage charges quoted herein, the plant required to furnish such service will be provided on the basis of one of the following plans at the option of the subscriber:

a. An installation charge and a reasonable and proper monthly carrying charge

in lieu of mileage. Under this plan, where a portion of the facilities must be replaced at a later date due to having served its useful life, installation charges apply to the replacing facilities as if such facilities were installed new and appropriate adjustments are made in the monthly carrying charges.

b. A reasonable and proper monthly carrying charge in lieu of mileage with an

initial service period of ten years.

(T) | | | | |

(T)

(T)

(T)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF EXTENSION LINE MILEAGE (Continued) General (Continued) 6. In connection with party line service, extension station access locations must be

located on the same premises as the main station. Charges 1. Between buildings on the same premises:

Each 1/10 mile or fraction thereof $ .00 per month 2. Between buildings on different premises within the same exchange:#

Each 1/4 mile or fraction thereof $ .00 per month 3. In different exchanges:

Connecting company mileage charges apply SIGNALING EQUIPMENT MILEAGE First 1/10th mile or fraction thereof $ .00 per month Each additional 1/10th mile or fraction thereof $ .00 per month # These charges are applicable on both Company-provided and customer-provided equipment.

(R)

(R)

(R)

(R)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 6




Reserved for Future Use




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF VOICE MAIL (V-MAIL) SERVICES A. General

V-Mail is a computer based voice message system. The calling party is automatically sent to the V-Mail system when the incoming call is not answered. It allows customers to use their telephone to send and retrieve messages 24 hours a day. Only the customer can access the message center using an assigned security passcode. To retrieve messages a touch-tone phone is required. The customer’s voice greets the caller. The caller can review and change, add or delete details, before hanging up. An automatic time and date feature lets the customer know exactly when the message was left.

Wake-up service allows the customer to program a time for the V-Mail system to make a wake-up call to the customer. Message Waiting Indicator (stutter dial tone) is included with V-Mail for single line residential and business services only. V-Mail requires the following custom calling features, under the Company’s General Subscriber Services Tariff: Call Forwarding Busy Line and Call Forwarding Don’t Answer.

B. Package Definitions

1. The V-Mail plus package consists of the following features:

a) Personalized greeting b) Personal voice mailbox number c) Receive messages d) Retrieve messages e) 5-day message retention f) 3-minute message length g) 10 messages storage capacity h) Wake-up service

ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW. Effective: 8/14/99




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF VOICE MAIL (V-MAIL) SERVICES (Continued) B. Package Definitions (Continued)

2. The V-Mail enhanced package consists of the following features:

a) Personalized greeting b) Personal voice mailbox number c) Receive messages d) Retrieve messages e) Send and receive messages to and from other voice mailbox users f) 10-day message retention g) 5-minute message length h) 25 message storage capacity i) Wake-up services

3. The V-Mail deluxe package consists of the following features:

a) Personalized greeting b) Personal voice mail box phone number c) Receive messages d) Retrieve messages e) Send messages to other mailbox users f) Distribution list to other mailbox users g) Urgent message notification h) Forward message to paging service i) Message delivery to a phone number outside the voice mailbox system j) 14 day message retention k) 5 minute message length l) 50 messages storage capacity m) Wake-up services





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF VOICE MAIL (V-MAIL) SERVICES (Continued) C. Rates and Charges

Monthly Nonrecurring

Rate Charge 1. Plus V-Mail Package

Per mailbox $ 4.95 $23.00

2. Enhanced V-Mail Package

Per mailbox 1-20 boxes, per subscriber $ 7.95 $23.00 more than 20 boxes $ 6.95 $23.00

3. Deluxe V-Mail Package

Per mailbox 1-15 boxes $13.95 $23.00 more than 15 boxes $12.95 $23.00 Additional 25 message retention capacity $ - $ 5.00

4. Extension Mailbox:

The extension mailbox is used to route callers to “children” mailboxes. When a mailbox with this class of service feature is reached by an outside caller, the greeting is played, then the system waits for DTMF input to route the call to the next desired mailbox greeting.

The user sets this mailbox up by creating distribution list 01, then adding the numbers of the children mailboxes to this list. The lowest level mailbox number can be reached by pressing 2, etc. Up to 200 children mailboxes, (the limit to the number of mailboxes in a distribution list) can be added. A greeting that directs the user to input an appropriate number (or numbers) must be recorded.

Effective: 10/3/99

(N) (N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 9.1


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF VOICE MAIL (V-MAIL) SERVICES (Continued)


4. Extension Mailbox: (Continued)

Extension mailboxes can be used, for example, to provide successive levels of call screening, and to route a caller to the desired department.

Each Extension Mailbox on the same telephone number $2.00.

5. Broadcast or Greeting Only Mailbox:

When an outside caller accesses a Greeting Only Mailbox, VoiceMemo plays the greeting, then hangs up. Callers and other users cannot leave messages.

Greeting Only Mailboxes are useful for special applications, such as announcing shows and times for movie houses.

The monthly rate for this mailbox is $4.95.

6. Automated Receptionist:

Automated receptionist II is an optional feature that answers incoming phone calls and asks the caller to enter the extension number of the party they wish to reach. If they do not know the extension number of the party, they can spell out the name on the telephone keypad. Once the extension has been entered, the system will transfer the caller to the desired party’s extension.

Calls may be transferred blind, supervised, or screened. If it is a blind transfer, the system hangs up once the extension is dialed. If it is a supervised transfer, the system stays on line until the caller gets through to the desired extension. If the extension is busy or ring-no-answer, the call is pulled back and the caller can choose to leave a message in the called party’s




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF VOICE MAIL (V-MAIL) SERVICES (Continued)


6. Automated Receptionist: (Continued)

mailbox, or be transferred to another extension. A screened transfer is when the called party is forewarned who is calling and can choose to accept or reject the call. Again, if the called party chooses not to answer the call, the caller may leave a message in the called party’s mailbox or be transferred to another extension. The system administrator configures the options available to a caller (transferring to another extension or leaving messages in mailboxes).

Installation of Automated Receptionist $200.00 plus

service order charge

Monthly charge for Automated Receptionist $150.00

In addition to the above charges for Automated Receptionist a monthly charge per mailbox will apply. The number of mailboxes in the Automated Receptionist configuration determines price per mailbox set forth below:

Monthly Charge

Mailboxes (1-44) $4.95 each Mailboxes (45-70) $3.50 each Mailboxes (71-100) $3.00 each Mailboxes (101-200) $2.50 each Mailboxes (over 200) $2.00 each

If the mailboxes are installed at the same time Automated Receptionist is installed there will be no additional installation charge.

Changes or additions to the system will be made at $10.00 per mailbox plus service order charge.




Issue Date: Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF REMOTE CALL FORWARDING (RCF) SERVICE A. General

1. Remote Call Forwarding is an exchange service that utilizes a telephone number and an electronic central office facility in the RCF Local Calling Area to forward automatically all incoming calls dialed to the RCF telephone number to another telephone number.

2. RCF can be offered as an individual service or as an additional feature with

Foreign Exchange Service. In the latter offering, RCF is used as an overflow when the Company Foreign Exchange is busy.

3. This service is only available where the terminating station line has

incoming-call dial capability.

4. RCF service is offered subject to availability of suitable facilities.

5. The Company will not provide identification of the originating telephone number to the RCF customer.

6. Under certain distances and routing, transmission quality will not meet

Company transmission objectives and may not always be satisfactory to the customer.

7. Remote Call Forwarding is not represented as suitable for satisfactory

transmission of data.

8. Remote Call Forwarding to another RCF number is not permitted.

9. Remote Call Forwarding is provided on the condition that the customer subscribe to sufficient RCF features and facilities to adequately handle calls to the RCF customer without interfering with or impairing any services offered by the Company. If in the opinion of the Company, additional Remote Call Forwarding features at the call forwarding location or facilities at the terminating station line are needed, the customer will be required to subscribe to such additional RCF features and facilities. In the event the customer refuses to subscribe for such additional RCF features and facilities said customer's RCF Service shall be subject to termination.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF REMOTE CALL FORWARDING (RCF) SERVICE (Continued) A. General (Continued)

10. If the use of Remote Call Forwarding Service is primarily or substantially of a business, professional, institutional or otherwise occupational nature, i.e., nonresidential, or if the listing used is such as to indicate nonresidential use, then calls will not be forwarded to any telephone number for which residential rates apply.

B. Minimum Contract Period

The minimum contract period for this service is one month. C. Rates and Charges

The following charges are for the Remote Call Forwarding feature only and are in addition to applicable charges for service and equipment with which it is used, except only 1/2 of the B-1 or R-1 monthly rate will apply for the Central Office Line number Remote Call Forwarded.

1. Remote Call Forwarding

a. Per feature arranged and one access path for either interexchange,

intraexchange, or local calling area per service request

Installation Monthly Charge Rate

1) Each $12.50 $16.00

b. Additional Access Path

(with initial installation)

1) Each C $16.00

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF REMOTE CALL FORWARDING (RCF) SERVICE (Continued) C. Rates and Charges (Continued)

2. Message Charges

The message charges applicable to remotely forwarded calls shall be comprised of two separate charges:

a. A charge for that portion of the call from the originating station line to

the call forwarding location, and b. A charge for that portion of the call from the call forwarding location to

the terminating station line.

The respective charge for each such portion shall be as follows:

1) Between the originating station line and call forwarding location.

The charge for this portion of a remotely forward call shall be the charge specified in this Tariff, or any other applicable Tariff, for the type of call involved.

2) Between the call forwarding location and the terminating station line.

The Remote Call Forwarding customer is responsible for the applicable toll charges as specified in the Tariff or any other applicable tariff. The preceding charges apply to all calls answered at the terminating station line, including person-to-person and collect even though such calls might not be accepted at the answering location.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF REMOTE CALL FORWARDING (RCF) SERVICE (Continued) C. Rates and Charges (Continued)

3. Subsequent Additions and Changes

Installation Monthly Charge Rate

a. Additional Access Path,

first addition

1) Per occasion

RESIDENCE $10.50 $16.00 BUSINESS $10.50 $16.00

b. Additional Access Paths,

at same time as 1.(a) preceding

1) RESIDENCE C $16.00 2) BUSINESS C $16.00

c. To change the number at (The nonrecurring charge

call forwarding location specified in Section IV of this tariff is applicable.)

d. To change the number to (The nonrecurring charge

which calls are forwarded specified in Section IV of at the request of the this tariff is applicable.) customer

4. Directory Listings

One listing in the directory covering the exchange in which the call forwarding central office is located, is provided without additional charge.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE 1. General

A. Centrex is a Central Office-based business communication service which provides capabilities similar to those offered on a Private Branch Exchange without requiring equipment on the customer's premises. Centrex integrates a business customer's lines into a single telecommunications system.

B. All Centrex station lines will be equipped with the standard features as set

forth in 4.A.1.(1) following. Additional optional features may also be selected and generally result in additional charges.

2. Definitions

The following standard and optional features may be provided as a part of the Centrex Service.

Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing - provides identification of the calling line or the Centrex Group billing/pilot number on billable calls directed to the public network.

Business Group Dialing Plan - allows a Centrex Group to have a unique dialing scheme which includes Intercom Dialing; access to an attendant, private network and/or special facilities using 1 to 5 digit codes; Single-Digit Dialing; and customized feature activation/deactivation codes. Each Centrex group may use either a standardized or a customized Business Group Dialing Plan.

Call Forwarding Busy Line - causes all calls to be redirected to an alternate station when the called station is busy.

Call Forwarding Distinctive Ringing - a Call Forwarding line option that allows station users to distinguish between forwarded and non-forwarded calls. The distinctive ringing pattern is two short rings. This option is assigned to the base or forwarding station, but is active (rings) on the forward-to station.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE (Continued) 2. Definitions (Continued)

Call Forwarding Don't Answer - allows all calls that terminate to a user's station to be redirected to an alternate station after a predetermined number of rings.

Call Forwarding Incoming Only - an option that can be used with any of the Call Forwarding features (Call Forwarding Variable, Don't Answer, and Busy Line) and allows only incoming calls (calls that originate outside the Centrex group) to be forwarded. Calls from within the group or a private facility are not forwarded.

Call Forwarding Variable (All Calls) - allows a station user to divert all incoming calls to another directory number. Activation, deactivation and the forward-to destination are controlled by the station user.

Call Forwarding Within Group Only - an option that can be used with any of the Call Forwarding features (Call Forwarding Variable, Don't Answer, and Busy Line) and restricts call forwarding to only directory numbers within the same Centrex group, thus preventing the station user from forwarding calls outside the Centrex group.

Call Hold - allows a station user to place a call on hold in order to initiate a second call, answer a waiting call, consult privately with another party, or return to the previously held call.

Call Pick-Up - allows a station user to answer a call that is ringing at another station within the Centrex group by dialing an access code.

Call Transfer - allows a station user to transfer calls to another station by flashing the switchhook and dialing the transfer-to number.

Call Waiting - provides a burst of tone to inform a station user with a call already in progress that another call is waiting to be answered. The station user may answer the waiting call by hanging up or flashing the switchhook.





Cancel Call Waiting - allows a station user, on a per-call basis, to deactivate Call Waiting by dialing an access code.

Circle Hunting - allows calls directed to busy stations in the middle of the hunt group to search through to the end of the hunt group and then return to the beginning of the hunt list in search of an idle station. The caller is connected to the first idle station encountered.

Code Restriction - blocks the completion of calls that are directed to customer specified area codes (NPAs) and/or central office codes (NNXs). A Code Restriction list may be assigned to either an individual line or shared by multiple lines.

Customer Access Treatment Code Restrictions (CAT Codes) - can be used to prevent a Centrex station from dialing certain codes. For example, CAT Codes could be used to prevent a station from gaining access to the public network, using private facilities, or dialing specific stations within the Centrex group.

Delay Announcements for Queued Calls - an option that can be used to inform a caller that his or her call has been placed in a queue. The delay announcement can be repeated at regular intervals until an idle station becomes available.

Direct Connect Service - allows a station user to automatically place a call to a preselected directory number by lifting the receiver off the switchhook. No dialing is required for the calling party to reach the specified destination.

Direct Inward Dialing - allows Centrex station users to directly receive incoming calls without the assistance of an attendant.

Direct Outward Dialing - allows Centrex station users to call outside the Centrex group directly without the assistance of an attendant.





Directed Call Pick-Up - allows a station user to answer a call that is ringing at another station within the Centrex group by dialing an access code and the ringing station number.

Distinctive Alerting/Call Waiting Indication - allows a Centrex station user to determine the source of incoming calls (from within or outside the business) by the Distinctive Ringing pattern or the Call Waiting tone. Normal ringing and Call Waiting tones are used to identify intra-Centrex group calls. Calls which originate from outside the Centrex group are identified by either two short rings and/or Call Waiting tones.

Do Not Disturb - allows a station user to prevent incoming calls from ringing at his or her station by diverting them to a tone or recorded announcement. This feature can be offered with a Personal Identification Number (PIN) override option that selected callers can dial to override Do Not Disturb.

Fully-Restricted Line - prevents calls to and/or from stations outside the Centrex group. All calls are prevented to and/or from the attendant, thereby denying indirect access to and/or from outside the Centrex group.

Group Make Busy - used to temporarily make a group of stations or an entire Multiline Hunt Group appear busy to incoming callers. Group Make Busy causes the hunt to skip over a group of stations during the search for an idle station and is operated via a physical switch.

Intercom Dialing - allows Centrex station users to call other stations within their Centrex groups by dialing abbreviated codes.

Make Busy - used to temporarily make a particular station in a Multiline Hunt Group appear busy to incoming callers. Make Busy causes the hunt to skip over a station during the search for an idle station.





Manual Line Service - automatically places a call to the operator when the station user lifts the receiver off the switchhook.

Night Service - allows calls directed to the attendant to be re-routed to predesignated station lines within the same Centrex group when the attendant position is not staffed (i.e., evening hours, weekends).

Off-Premises Stations - allows a secondary business location to access the same Centrex features and services as the main business location. The secondary locations must be served by the same Digital Central Office as the primary location.

Outgoing Call Screening - blocks the completion of calls to specific directory numbers (3, 6, 7 or 10 digit basis). Outgoing Call Screening may be assigned to either an individual line or shared by multiple station users.

Paging Access - allows selected stations to have dial access to customer-provided loudspeaker paging equipment. A line or a tie-trunk is required to support the customer's paging equipment.

Preferential Hunting - allows any station in a Multiline Hunt Group to have its own (preferential) hunting list. If a call is made to a station with a Preferential Hunting list assigned to it, and that station is busy, the preferential list is first hunted until an idle station is found. If an idle station is not found on the preferential list, the hunt will proceed to the entire group.

Queuing - an option that can be used when all stations in a hunt group are busy. When this occurs, a call is placed into a queue. The call remains in the queue until an idle station is located. Up to ten calls can be in queue for a Multiline Hunt Group. Queuing cannot be provided for Preferential Hunt groups or Series Completion groups.





Regular Hunting (Linear Hunting) - performed in a sequential fashion across all members of a Multiline Hunt Group. The search for an idle station starts with the pilot number. If the first station is busy, the group is sequentially hunted until an idle station is found. If there are no idle stations available, the caller receives a busy signal.

Semi-Restricted Line - prevents calls to and/or calls from stations outside the Centrex group. Outside calls may be made and/or received indirectly via the attendant, Call Forwarding, Call Transfer, and Call Pick-Up features.

Series Completion - similar to Multiline Hunt Service; however, a significant difference between the two services is that Series Completion stations always have their own directory number and their own classes of service. Two different hunting arrangements can be selected with Series completion; linear or circle.

Simulated Facility Groups - restrict the number of simultaneous calls between the Centrex group and the public network. For example, a 100-line Centrex group could be limited to 20 simultaneous calls to/from the public network. This emulates the physical trunks to a similarly sized PBX.

Single-Digit Dialing - allows a Centrex station user to reach a line or facility, or to access a feature by dialing a single-digit code. The Single-Digit Dialing codes are shared by all users in a Centrex group and are preprogrammed by the Telephone Company.

Special Intercept Announcement - an option that can be used to address the following conditions: (a) If a Centrex station user dials a code which is not defined or assigned in the Business Group Dialing Plan, or (b) If the call is restricted due to the various restriction arrangements (i.e., Semi-Restricted, etc.).

Speed Calling 8-Code - allows a station user to call a list of up to 8 preselected directory numbers by dialing one-digit codes instead of the directory numbers.





Speed Calling 30-Code - allows a station user to call a list of up to 30 preselected directory numbers by dialing one-digit codes instead of the directory numbers.

Stop Hunt - allows a station user to stop the normal hunting process at a predetermined point. Activating this feature at a particular station in a Multiline Hunt Group will cause the search for an idle line to stop there.

Three-Way Calling - allows a station user to add a third party to an existing call, and thus enables a simultaneous conference between parties at multiple locations.

Toll Restriction - blocks the completion of calls that are directed to the outside operator or to numbers outside the local calling area. A Toll Restriction list may be assigned to either an individual line or shared by multiple lines.

Uniform Call Distribution - is used to distribute calls evenly among the stations in a Multiline Hunt Group. When a caller is connected to an idle station, the location of the next station is marked as the starting point for hunting when the next incoming call is received. Once hunting begins, it proceeds in a circular manner until an idle station is found.

Voice/Data Protection - allows a station user to inhibit intrusion features such as Call Waiting and Operator Verification which are directed to that line when it is busy.

Voice Mail Integration - allows calls to be redirected to a voice mail system. Call Forwarding Busy Line and Call Forwarding Don't Answer are provided with this feature along with the following capabilities; (a) Called party identification (to the voice mail system) on forwarded calls, and (b) Message Waiting activation/deactivation (stutter dial tone).





Warm Line - provides a time-out option with either Direct Connect Service or Manual Line Service. The time-out interval may be set at 1 to 14 seconds. During the time-out interval, a station user will receive normal dial tone and can originate calls. However, after the time-out interval expires, a call is automatically set up and routed to the specified destination.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE (Continued) 3. Conditions and Regulations

A. A Centrex customer must have a minimum of two Centrex lines.

B. The minimum charge period for services provided under this tariff shall be for one month or as specified in the Centrex Service Contract.

C. Centrex is offered subject to the availability of outside plant and/or Central

Office facilities.

D. One directory listing is provided without charge for each Centrex customer.

E. Subsequent line additions and/or deletions to the original service will be handled by the Telephone Company upon notification from the customer.

1. Subsequent additions will be based upon the needs of the customer.

2. Subsequent line deletions, resulting in reductions equal to or exceeding

20% of the initial quantity of lines in service, will be considered a termination liability. If the reduction causes the total number of lines to fall into a different contract group, all remaining lines will be billed at the rates specified in the Centrex Service Contract.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE (Continued) 3. Conditions and Regulations (Continued)

F. Termination Liabilities shall be treated as follows:

1. If the service is canceled by the customer after installation of the required equipment and facilities, but prior to the establishment of the service, the customer shall be obligated to pay a termination liability charge. The charge is calculated by multiplying the contracted monthly rate by twelve months.

2. Where an order is canceled before the installation is completed, all

expenses incurred in connection with the handling of the request before notice of cancellation is received may be billed to the subscriber; such charge, however, is not to exceed all charges applicable if the service had been installed.

G. Reduction and/or waiver of service establishment charges may be offered as

follows:

At the Telephone Company's discretion, nonrecurring service establishment charges may be reduced or waived during promotional campaigns and/or as a part of customer negotiations.

H. Customers who subscribe to Centrex will be offered customer specific pricing

on a contract basis. The rate will be offered in writing to the customer for acceptance. An individual service agreement will specify the length of the contract period and the applicable rates. With the exception of the customer specific rates, all other rates, charges, and regulations specified herein shall continue to apply.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE (Continued) 3. Conditions and Regulations (Continued)

I. All exchange lines in a Centrex group must have the same billing arrangement, either flat-rate or measured service (where offered).

J. Intercom calls between lines in a Centrex group are not subject to local

measured service.

K. When used with Call Forwarding or Call Transfer, the Centrex customer is responsible for the payment of the applicable toll charge for each billable call connected over the public network between the Centrex station at which the call is answered. The charge is applicable to each call answered, including the Call Forwarding set-up call. It also applies to collect and person-to-person calls, which may be refused at the answering station.

L. The Centrex lines for a Centrex customer may terminate at multiple locations;

however, all Centrex lines in the same group must be served by the same Central Office.

M. Centrex service does not include terminal equipment on the customer's

premises. Terminal equipment may be covered under a separate tariff, contract, or may be provided by the customer.

N. Unless specifically exempted, Centrex service shall be subject to all general

regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Telephone Company as stated in the general tariff.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges

A. Line Rates

1. The contracted monthly rates for Centrex lines may include the following standard features. (1) DTMF Signaling (2) Direct Inward Dialing* (3) Direct Outward Dialing* (4) Business Group Automatic Identified Outward Dialing (5) Intercom Dialing (6) Call Hold (7) Three-Way Calling (8) Call Transfer

2. Per-line rates and charges shall be determined on an individual case

basis (ICB). * Direct Inward Dialing and Direct Outward Dialing capabilities may be limited by Simulated Facilities. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CENTREX SERVICE (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges (Continued)

A. Line Rates (Continued)

Non-recurring 3. Service Establishment Charge,

Per Line ICB

(1) The "Service Establishment Charge" supersedes the approved tariff charges in Section IV, "Service Connection Charges" for initial implementation of Centrex Service. Future changes in Centrex service will be charged per the terms of the Centrex Service Contract.

(2) Initial service charge to be prorated over the first 4 months of

service. The full charge becomes due and payable if service is canceled prior to the fourth month. However, a 5% discount is applicable if service charges are paid in full within 30 days of billing.

B. Simulated Facilities

Monthly Rate

1. Rate per Simulated Facility ICB

2. The FCC Customer Access Line Charge (CALC) will be assessed based upon the total number of Simulated Facilities to which the customer subscribes. This amount will be collected by the Telephone Company and forwarded to the National Exchange Carrier Association. However, the Telephone Company will credit the customer for the CALC times the total number of Centrex lines minus the number of Simulated Facilities (including OutWATS Simulated Facilities) to which the customer subscribes. The customer's net CALC assessment will therefore be based upon the number of simulated facilities used.





C. Individual Station Features - OPTIONAL

1. Chargeable Individual Station Features

The monthly rates for the following optional individual station features will be determined on an individual case basis (ICB) as negotiated in the Centrex Service Contract.

a. Call Forwarding Variable All Calls b. Call Forwarding Busy Line c. Call Forwarding Don't Answer d. Directed Call Pick-Up e. Call Waiting f. Cancel call Waiting g. Voice/Data Protection h. Do Not Disturb i. Speed Calling 8-Code j. Direct Connect Service

(1) Manual Line Service (2) Warm Line

k. Distinctive Ringing

Other enhanced features may be available under Advanced Custom Calling Services at the rates and charges set forth in other sections of this tariff.





D. The following OPTIONAL Features Associated with Groups of Lines, monthly rates and nonrecurring charges will be determined on an ICB as negotiated in the Centrex Service Contract.

1. Call Pick-Up

2. Speed Calling 30-Code

3. Toll/Code Restriction Features

4. Business Group Dialing Plan

5. Special Intercept Announcement

6. Paging Access





E. Multi-line Hunt Service

1. Hunting Arrangements - The features listed below monthly rates and nonrecurring rates are applied in addition to the per-line rates for Centrex lines, and are determined on an Individual Case Basis (ICB), as determined in the Centrex Service Contract. The nonrecurring service establishment charges are per-hunt group. 1) Regular Hunting 2) Circle Hunting 3) Uniform Call Distribution 4) Preferential Hunting 5) Series Completion

The following options will be billed on an Individual Case Basis (ICB) as determined in the Centrex Service Contract.

2. Changes to Hunting Group

A. Arrangements/Patterns Additional Lines/Change

Hunting Order

3. Hunt Group Options

A. Queuing for Hunt Group B. Delay Announcements for Queued Calls C. Standard Announcement D. Customer Worded Announcement E. Announcement Trunk F. Changes to Customer Worded Announcement G. Stop Hunt/Make Busy Access Code Activation H. Key/Switch Activation

F. Voice Mail Interaction rates are determined on an ICB as negotiated in the

Centrex Service Contract.

A. Per Line (Includes Call Forwarding Busy Line and Call Forwarding Don't Answer)





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS General These rates and regulations for directory listings apply only to the alphabetical section of the directory containing the regular alphabetical list of customers and do not apply to listings or advertising appearing in the classified section. The alphabetical list of names of customers is solely for the purpose of informing calling parties of the telephone numbers of customers and those entitled to use the customer's service, and special sequence or arrangement of names is not contemplated. The Company has the right to limit the length of any listing to one line in the directory by the use of abbreviations when the clearness of the listing or the identification of the customer is not impaired thereby. A listing must conform to the Company's specifications with respect to its directories. Listings are regularly provided in connection with all classes of exchange service. A listing may be omitted from the directory upon request of a customer in writing and under the conditions specified in Private (Nonpublished) Service and Semiprivate (Nonlisted) Service, concerning nonpublished and nonlisted listings. The length of the contract period for directory listings where the listing actually appears in the directory is the directory period. The directory period is from the day that the directory is distributed to the customers to the day the succeeding directory is distributed to the customers, unless the listing no longer services the customer because of disconnection, removal, etc., of the service, the minimum contract period will be for at least 30 days. When the listing appears on information records only, the minimum contract period will be for at least 30 days. Primary Listings A Primary Listing, which may include the name, address and telephone number of the individual, organization, firm or corporation for whom the service has been contracted, will be furnished at no charge.

a. Listings will be limited to such information as is necessary for the proper Identification of the customer.

b. The length of a listing may be limited to the use of abbreviations where the clarity of the listing and the identification of the customer will not be impaired.

(T)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) Primary Listings (Continued)

c. The Company may refuse to insert any listing, which in its judgment does not facilitate the use of the directory.

When two or more main station lines or private branch exchange trunk lines are consecutively operated, the first number of the group is considered the primary listing. Where two or more main station lines or private branch exchange trunk lines are not consecutively operated, a primary listing may be made for each line. Regular Extra Listings (Additional Listing) Business extra listings may be the names of partners or members of the firm, if the customer is a partnership or firm; the names of officers of the corporation, if the customer is a corporation; and for any business establishment, the names of business associates or employees of the customer. Business extra listings may be the bonafide names of individuals, firms or corporations which the customer owns or controls or is duly authorized to represent. Listings which are designed primarily to give publicity to a commodity or service are not accepted. Residence extra listings may be the names of members of the customer's family or of other persons residing in the customer's household. In connection with payphone access line services, residence extra listings are allowed at business extra listing rates in the names of permanent guests or tenants at that location. Business extra listings are at business extra listing rates in connection with payphone access lines are furnished under the regulations as specified for business extra listings. Ordinarily, all extra listings must be of the same address and telephone number as the primary listing, except as provided for alternate listings. However, when in the opinion of the Company it appears necessary as an aid to the use of the directory and provided satisfactory service can be furnished, a listing may be permitted under the address of a PABX station or extension station, installed on premises of the customer (except at a residence); but at an address different from that part of the switchboard, or main station, using the telephone number of the primary listing.

(T)

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 18


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) Regular Extra Listings (Additional Listing) (continued) In compliance with Private Branch Exchange service at hotels, motels, and apartment houses, residence extra listings at business extra listing rates may be provided in the names of permanent guests or tenants at that location, provided approval is obtained of the hotel, motel, or apartment house involved. However, no separate billing will be issued for these instances. At the option of the customer extra listings may be obtained upon the issuance of a directory or between issues of directories at which time they appear on information records only. Charges for extra listings date from the time the listings are posted on information records. Duplicate Listings Duplicate listings, i.e., listings of nicknames, abbreviated names, names which are commonly spelled in more than one way and rearrangement of names are permitted when, in the opinion of the Company, they are necessary for the proper identification of the customer, and are not desired to secure a preferential position in the directory or for advertising purposes. Alternate Listings An alternate listing refers a calling party to certain other telephone numbers after business hours or on Sundays or holidays or if there is no answer on the first listed number. Where the alternate call number is to be that of another customer, the listing will be furnished only with written approval of the other customer. Extra Lines of Information Listings of office hours or other lines of information which are not required by the Company in order to efficiently handle telephone traffic are not included in the regular charges for service. A phrase directing the method of calling when a PABX operator is not on duty may be listed in the directory, at extra charges, whenever night connections are provided.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) Foreign Listings Foreign listings are listings in the alphabetical list of an exchange other than the exchange in which the listed service is furnished. A foreign or non-subscriber listing may be furnished customers requesting that their listing be included in a directory of an exchange other than that from which service is rendered. The rate for a foreign company listing will be the rate of the company in whose directory the listing appears. Enterprise or WX Service Listing This service provides an arrangement in connection with message toll service whereby a customer offers patrons the privilege of calling him without the payment of a toll charge and without having to request specific reversal of this charge. This service is available only to customers having private branch exchange service or individual line service, excepting coin box. The exchanges in which such service is furnished are selected by the customer subject to the approval of the Company and the Company assigns and lists in the directory a special call number designation for the use of patrons in each such exchange. Calls for the special number are accepted only when originating at telephone located in the exchange of zone with which the special call number is associated and only those toll calls placed by calling this special number are considered as coming within the scope of the service. The customer assumes the charges for all toll calls placed by calling this special number in each exchange. The initial contract period for this service is three months. Service may be terminated within the initial contract period by payment of the minimum service charge to the end of the initial contract period.

(D) | | | |

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 19-A


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) Trade Names A trade name created by adding a term such as Company, Agency, Shop, Works, etc., to the name of a commodity or service will not be accepted as a listing unless the subscriber shows satisfactory that he is authorized to do business under the trade name. The Company reserves the right to reject listings which appear to be designed primarily to give publicity to the commodity or service, or which in its judgement are otherwise objectionable or unnecessary for identification purposes. Whenever any question arises as to the right of a subscriber (1) to list the name of a business which he claims he is authorized to represent; or (2) to use a listing which includes the trade name of another; the Telephone Company is privileged to require the subscriber to secure from the owner of such name, written authority so to use it, addressed to the Telephone Company for the acceptance for insertion or for the continuance of such listings; and is privileged to refuse to accept or to delete such listings where (1) such written authority is not furnished or (2) such authority is withdrawn by such owner in writing to the Telephone Company.

(N) | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) Dual Name Listing Dual Name Listing will be a combined directory listing for any two people with the same last name and the same address. Those who qualify for a dual listing may include a husband and wife, a mother and daughter, father and son, brothers and/or sisters. In addition, we will allow a woman whose husband is deceased to list her own name and her husband's first name. The dual name Primary Listing will be provided at no monthly rate. The dual name additional listing will carry the regular additional listing monthly rate. Private (Nonpublished) Telephone Number Listings Some subscribers request their telephone listings be omitted from the directory and the Company's directory assistance records. Such requests may be fulfilled through the assignment of a private telephone listing subject to the regulations outlined below. Incoming calls to such telephones will be completed by the Company only when the calling party places the call by number. The Company will adhere to this practice notwithstanding any claim of emergency the calling party may present. The acceptance by the Company of the subscriber's request to furnish a number associated with such a listing does not create any relationship or obligation, direct or indirect, to any person other than the subscriber. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, no liability for damages arising from publishing a private listing in the directory or disclosing said number to any person shall attach to the Company. Where such a listing is published in the directory the Company's liability shall be limited to and satisfied by a refund of any monthly charges which the Company may have made for such a listing. The subscriber indemnifies and saves the Company harmless against any and all claims for damages caused or claimed to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the publication of a private telephone listing or the disclosing of said number to any person. The telephone number, name and address of the subscriber may be disclosed in connection with 911 service, whether such service is provided by the Company or any other person. The subscriber waives any privacy interest in his telephone number, name and address in connection with 911 service.

(N) | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) Semiprivate (Nonlisted) Telephone Number Listings Semiprivate Telephone Listings are not published in the Company's alphabetical directory, but are maintained on directory assistance records and will be furnished upon the request of the calling party. The acceptance by the Company of the subscriber's request to furnish a number associated with such a listing does not create any relationship or obligation, direct or indirect, to any person other than the subscriber. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, no liability for damages arising from publishing a semiprivate listing in the directory shall attach to the Company. Where such listing is published in the directory the Company's liability shall be limited to and satisfied by a refund of any monthly charges which the Company may have made for such a listing. The subscriber indemnifies and saves the Company harmless against any and all claims for damages caused or claimed to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the publication of a semiprivate telephone listing. The telephone number, name and address of the subscriber may be disclosed in connection with 911 service, whether such service is provided by the Company or any other person. The subscriber waives any privacy interest in his telephone number, name and address in connection with 911 service.

(N) | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECTORY LISTINGS (Continued) RATES The charge for all listings, listed below, begin on the day the information records are posted, except where indicated.

Monthly Rate A. Regular Extra Listings, Duplicate Listings or

Alternate Listings, per line

Business $ 1.00 Residence 1.00

B. Extra Lines of Information, each line


C. Each Foreign Listing


D. Each Enterprise or WX Service Listing $ 4.30 E. Each Private (nonpublished) Telephone Number $ 3.60* F. Each Semiprivate (nonlisted) Telephone Number $ 1.56* * Charge begins on the day service is established.

(I)

(I)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) 1. General

a. This Tariff establishes arrangements for the transport and termination of calls from a subscriber of a Mobile Service Provider (MSP) to a subscriber of the Telephone Company and from a subscriber of the Telephone Company to a subscriber of an MSP, and certain other specified traffic interexchanged between the Telephone Company and an MSP. This Tariff also states the arrangements by which the Telephone Company performs its duties under Section 251(b)(5) of Title 47 of the U.S. Code regarding local telecommunications traffic. MSP(s) when referenced throughout this tariff also includes Other Radio Common Carriers (RCCs).

b. While this tariff primarily applies to MSPs, it imposes charges on other carriers

in certain specified circumstances, such as where a landline carrier acts as an intermediary carrier in a call carried by both the Telephone Company and an MSP.

c. The regulations and rates in this Tariff are in addition to the regulations, rates

and charges in other Telephone Company tariffs.

d. The services offered herein are for use by Mobile Service Providers (MSPs) to allow connection of the wireless or radio network of these carriers to that part of the Public Switched Network (PSN) owned and operated by the Company. (MSPs are licensed common carriers and private wireless carriers connecting to the PSN operating under authority of the FCC, as defined in the FCC Rules and Regulations). Circuits furnished by the Company to MSPs which do not connect to the PSN, such as radio transmitter control links, are not covered in this tariff.

e. Except as noted, services provided in this tariff are subject to all general

regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Company as stated in Section VIII of this tariff, including, but not limited to, the rules governing payment of services, and termination of service for non-pay. MSP services are subject to the same terms and conditions as other business line customers for disconnection of service due to non-payment.

f. The services provided under this tariff shall be used by the MSP only for the

handling of traffic originating or terminating on the MSPs network in conjunction with its authorized services.

g. The services provided by the Company shall not be connected together by the

MSP, except on an ancillary basis, such as call forwarding, for the purpose of completing a call from one landline telephone to another landline telephone.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 1. General (Continued)

h. The conditions and rates specified in other tariffs for services which may be associated with these services are in addition to those specified herein.

2. Other Associated Terms, Rates and Conditions

a. These services are offered at the rates specified herein from central offices where necessary service options are available.

b. The rates contained in this offering contemplate the use of standard serving

arrangements normally provided by the Company. Non-standard facility requirements, equipment, or service options may be requested via the special assembly process as defined in Section V of this tariff.

c. DS1 Service

The price for a digital trunk termination used in providing DS1 service for twenty-four voice equivalent channel increments contemplates the termination of all twenty-four channels at the same Company switch and at the same physical location at the Company switch. When the mixing of services on the same DS1 does not meet these requirements, the rates and charges for less than twenty-four voice equivalent channels are applicable. The mixing of line side and trunk side services on the same DS1 is considered to be terminating service at two different physical locations at the Company switch. One-way outward and two-way MSP trunks are line side connections to the Company switch. One-way inward, BSTC MSP Type 1, BSTC MSP Type 2, and 800/DID Service Access trunks are considered trunk side connections to the Company Switch. Because BSTC MSP Type 1 and BSTC MSP Type 2 trunks terminate at different physical locations at a Company Switch, the mixing of these services on the same DS1 requires that the rates set forth in “Rates and Charges”, 10.d.2) following, for less than twenty-four voice equivalent channels, be applied. DS1 Service rates and charges are listed under “Rates and Charges”, 10.d. following.

d. A minimum initial service period of 12 months will apply for DS1 services.

e. Directory listings for MSPs are provided in accordance with the regulations and

rates found in Section V of this tariff under “Directory Listings”. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.



Issue Date: 06/01/15 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President (T) Effective Date: 09/30/15 236 East Capitol Street (T) Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201 (T)

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 2. Other Associated Terms, Rates and Conditions (Continued)

f. Clients of the MSP may be provided directory listings as specified in the Business Additional Listing found in Section V of this tariff under “Directory Listings”.

g. Charges for Operator Assisted Local Call and Local Calling Card Service as

defined in the BellSouth Subscriber Services tariff are applicable and will be individually itemized on the MSP’s bill.

h.

i. When the MSP wants to prohibit third number and collect calls to mobile

numbers, Billed Number Screening is available upon request. Certain calls cannot be screened, including but not limited to, calls handled by independent Company (ICO) operators, Maritime, Air-to-Ground, and International Calls, or calls handled by companies that do not subscribe to the data base where toll billing exception data is stored. The MSP is, however, responsible for the charges for these calls.

j. The appropriate service charges and installation charges that apply to the

establishment and rearrangement of service are included in the nonrecurring rates specified for services offered under this tariff.

k. Billing disputes must be communicated to the Company in writing within 30

days from the billing date. The Company will make every effort to investigate such disputes and reconcile any differences within 30 days from receipt of such notification. If the billing amount is found to be correct, a late fee may be applicable, per Section VIII of this tariff.

3. Usage Charges for Mobile Originating Traffic

a. For BSTC MSP Type 1 and MSP Line and Trunk service, the usage charges as set forth in 10.f. “Usage Rates” apply to mobile originated intra-MTA calls:

1) terminating within the local calling area (LCA) located within the same

MTA as the MTA where the Telephone Company’s end office, to which the telephone numbers used by the MSP have been assigned, is located, and

(T) (D) (D) (D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1th Revised Sheet 25.1



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 3. Usage Charges for Mobile Originating Traffic (Continued)

a. (Continued)

2) terminating on an inter-LCA/intraLATA call within the franchised serving area of the Company located within the same MTA as the MTA where the Telephone Company’s end office, to which the telephone numbers used by the MSP have been assigned, is located, and reached using Company facilities (available to Company exchanges located in Jasper, Jones, Rankin, Smith, or Scott Counties, Mississippi). The franchised serving area is defined in Section II of this tariff. The usage rates set forth in 10.f. “Usage Rates” following apply to all calls terminating within the Company’s franchised serving area located within the same MTA as the MTA where the Telephone Company’s end office, to which the telephone numbers used by the MSP have been assigned, is located, except as defined in b. below.

b. Usage charges will not apply to calls to Company Business Offices, E911 Emergency

Service, or operator assisted and other services for which a charge or surcharge already applies. The usage rates set forth in the Telephone Company’s intrastate access service tariffs apply to inter-MTA calls where the calling and called parties have been assigned telephone numbers that reside in end offices located in different MTAs.

c. The usage rates developed for mobile originating traffic, as referenced in 3.a. preceding,

were developed using standard traffic mixes developed by industry representatives, including the cellular industry, and rate elements from existing tariffs.

4. Optional Land-to-Mobile (LTM) Calling Plan

a. An optional Land-to-Mobile (LTM) calling plan is available to MSPs. The LTM option allows intraLATA toll calls from telephone numbers served by the Company and terminating in the MSP network to be excluded from the originating customer's bill. The MSP will pay a usage charge per "Rates and Charges" following, in lieu of charges which would have been applicable to the originating user.

b. The LTM calling plan for Intra Company toll does require that an MSP dedicate an

entire NXX for this option.

c. LTM provides whole minute upward rounding for each call.

d. Usage for LTM is billed by rounding each call according to item 4.c. above, summing the time for all calls during the billing period, multiplying the total time by the appropriate rate per minute, and rounding the result to the nearest whole cent.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 5. Usage Charges - Miscellaneous

a. When the Company relies on data supplied by the MSP to prepare and render a bill to the MSP, a right of audit by the Company is reserved. The audit of the call records shall be performed by an independent third party at the Company's discretion, but not more than once annually. If the reported traffic is found to be understated by more than five percent, the MSP shall reimburse the Company for the reasonable cost of the audit.

b. All usage charges are billed by rounding each call to the next whole minute.

c. In cases where the Company is technically incapable of measuring usage but can

measure the number of messages, the Company may use a per message rate equal to 2.3 minutes times the usage rate per minute. Alternately, the MSP may provide call details each month in a Company prescribed format. In cases where the Company cannot measure usage or messages, the MSP will be required to submit monthly call details to be used for bill preparation. In any month where data is not provided, 3300 calls per month will be the basis for billing this charge or the actual number of calls recorded by the Telephone Company, whichever is greater.

6. Miscellaneous Information - Type of MSP Service

a. MSP services are designated as MSP Local Loop Lines, MSP Local Loop Trunks, BSTC MSP Type 1, BSTC MSP Type 2A, and BSTC MSP Type 2B circuits. Details of these service types can be found in Bellcore documents, TR-NPL-000145, Compatibility Information for Interconnection of a MSP and a LEC Network, and TR-EOP-000352, MSP Interconnection Transmission Plans and TR-INS-000342, High Capacity Digital Special Access Parameter Limits and Interface Combinations and all superseding documents. Other pertinent reference material can be found in Bell System Publication 43303, Bell System Public Switched Telephone Service Interconnection Criteria for Domestic Public Land Mobile Service, Domestic Cellular Telecommunications Services and Maritime Radio Service, and Bell System Publication 61100, Description of the Analog Voiceband Interface between the Bell System Local Exchange Line and Terminal Equipment. The MSP shall comply with the technical specifications and call protocols, including Special Information Tones and user announcements, as set forth in these documents or revisions as approved by the Company.

b. The MSP shall provide a voice interrupt announcement or distinctive tone

signals to the calling party when a call is directed to a number that is not assigned by the carrier.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 6. Miscellaneous Information - Type of MSP Service (Continued)

c. The MSP shall return answer supervision on all calls except those routed to certain recordings indicating network conditions.

d. These services may be optioned for one-way inward (to the MSP), one-way

outward (from the MSP), or two-way signaling.

e. These services are four wire circuits using only multifrequency (MF) address pulsing with wink start operation and E&M supervision for trunk side terminations and two wire circuits for line side connections.

f. At the request of the MSP or at the discretion of the Company, subject to the

operating limits and availability of facilities, these services may be provided from central offices other than the MSP’s serving central office (C.O.). Where the C.O. can technically provide service as specified in TR-NPL-000145, but cannot measure due to switch limitations, such as software unavailability, then the Company may provide the service from a C.O. other than the MSP’s serving C.O. at no additional charge. Where a C.O. can not technically provide a cellular service as specified in TR-NPL-000145 because of equipment type, then the MSP must select an alternate C.O. capable of providing the requested type of service, in which case appropriate mileage rates will apply.

g. MSP Selective Class of Call Screening

1) MSP Selective Class of Call Screening (SCCS) is an optional service and

is offered with two options: Option 1; provides 0+ and 0- screening capability to force alternate billing and provides central office blocking of 1+, 101XXXX, 976, and 900 calls. Option 2; provides 0+ and 0- screening capability to force alternate billing but allows 1+ and 101XXXX 1+ calls. 976 and 900 calls are blocked.

2) Subscribing to MSP SCCS only relieves the MSP of responsibility for charges associated with intraLATA calls made by subscribers using the Company’s toll services.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 6. Miscellaneous Information - Type of MSP Service (Continued)

g. MSP Selective Class of Call Screening (Continued)

3) When Option 2 is selected, the MSP assumes responsibility for all sent-paid intraLATA toll charges.

4) All local (7-digit dialed) calls and calls to Company numbers such as repair service, Directory Assistance and public emergency service numbers, such as 911, will be permitted.

5) MSP SCCS will be established only where operator identification is provided through the use of automated equipment arranged to furnish this service.

6) This service is available only from central offices which have been arranged to provide this service. The service is provided subject to the availability of facilities. This service is not compatible with all service offerings.

7. BSTC MSP Type 1 Connection

a. A BSTC MSP Type 1 connection is a connection between a Company end office and an MSP’s point of termination. With a Type 1 connection, the MSP can establish connections to valid NXX codes in the LATA, Directory Assistance, Operator Services (0- and 0+), Service Access Codes (700, 800, 900). Because the telephone numbers for the MSP’s subscribers will reside in the Company’s switch, and the Company will perform switching for the MSP, the rates set forth in “Rates and Charges”, 10.b. or 10.d., shall apply in addition to the usage rate set forth in “Rates and Charges”, 10.f. “Usage Rates” following. BSTC MSP Type 1 connection can be provided on a per loop basis or a DS1 basis.

b. Trunk groups containing the BSTC MSP Type 1 connection must be

presubscribed to an IC chosen by the MSP to complete inter-LATA calls.

c. Selective Class of Call Screening or Call Screening and Restriction Services - Customized Call Restriction are optional services available with BSTC MSP Type 1 Service, subject to the availability of suitably equipped central offices.

8. BSTC MSP Type 2 Connection

A BSTC MSP Type 2A connection is not available at Bay Springs Telephone Company since the Company does not have an access tandem office.

a. BSTC MSP Type 2A

1) A BSTC MSP Type 2A connection is a connection between a Company

access tandem office and an MSP’s point of termination. The MSP switch acts like an end office.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 8. BSTC MSP Type 2 Connection (Continued)

b. BSTC MSP Type 2B

1) BSTC MSP Type 2B connection is a trunk-side connection between a Company end office and the MSP’s point of termination. This type of connection provides a high usage route to and from the Company’s end office and is generally associated with a Type 2A connection. If a BSTC MSP Type 2B connection is selected, all the telephone numbers used by the MSP’s subscribers must reside in the MSP’s switch. Because the MSP will apply for its own telephone numbers and perform its own switching, the rates in 10.a. and b. of “Rates and Charges” do not apply when an MSP orders a BSTC MSP Type 2B connection. A BSTC MSP Type 2B connection can only be utilized to allow termination of calls to NXXs assigned to the Telephone Company end office where the Type 2B connection is provided. Only calls originating from the Telephone Company’s NXX end office providing BSTC MSP Type 2B service will be completed to the BSTC MSP Type 2B trunk group. A BSTC MSP Type 2B trunk group will be provisioned on a DS1 basis only.

9. MSP Lines and MSP Trunks

a. The rates set forth in 10.a. of “Rates and Charges” following apply to MSP lines and trunks ordered as a BSTC MSP Line and Trunk connection.

The usage rates set forth in “Rates and Charges”, 10.f. “Usage Rates” are in addition to the rates set forth in 10.a. “Rates and Charges” for MSP Lines and Trunks.

b. MSP trunks arranged for one-way outward (MSP to C.O.) or two-way traffic may

be optioned for either loop or ground start operation. MSP trunks arranged for one-way inward (C.O. to MSP) traffic with outpulsing of digits use reverse battery supervision and may be optional for either wink start or immediate start operation.

c. Restriction Services - Custom Calling Services is an optional service available

with MSP lines and MSP trunks subject to the availability of suitably equipped central offices.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 10. Rates and Charges

Unless otherwise specified and subject to existence of facilities, the following charges apply to BSTC MSP Line and Trunk services.

a. MSP Lines and MSP Trunks

MSP lines and trunks are provisioned one-way outward or two-way with expanded 7-digit dialing.

BSTC MSP Lines or Trunks Non-recurring Monthly

Charge Rate 1) For Each MSP Line or Trunk

a) One Way non-rotary $ 76.00 $29.00 b) One Way rotary 76.00 41.76 c) Two-way non-rotary 76.00 29.00 d) Two-way rotary 76.00 41.76

2) Direct Inward Dialing (C.O.

To MSP) each Trunk Termination *In addition to BSTC MSP line

or trunk rate above 50.00 26.00*

3) Optional address pulsing for use with Direct Inward Dialing trunk termination, each a) DTMF (dual tone

multifrequency) $ 7.50 b) MF (multifrequency) 7.50





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 10. Rates and Charges (Continued)

b. BSTC MSP Type 1

A Type 1 connection is a transport type service which includes DID functionality and therefore the rates set forth in 10.a., above for MSP Lines and Trunks do not apply to BSTC MSP Type 1. A Type 1 connection is available on a per loop basis or DS1 basis. The following rates apply for Type 1 services when provided on a per loop basis.

BSTC MSP Type 1 Non-recurring Monthly

Charge Rate 1) For Each Local Loopo

a) 1st local loop $350.00 $45.00 b) each add’l local loop5 150.00 45.00

2) Signaling a) E&M (per loop) 43.00 10.00

3) C. O. Equipment termination a) Trunk termination

(per loop) 24.95 35.60

c. BSTC MSP Type 1 and MSP Lines and Trunks Interoffice Channel Mileage

Interoffice channel mileage is required when the carrier requests connection to a wire center which is not the normal serving wire center for the carrier’s location. These rates are applicable to individual local loops. DS1 Interoffice Channel Mileage charges are located in 10.e. following.

1) Interoffice Channel Mileage, per

channel (local loop) a) 0 thru 8 miles, fixed

charge (per channel) $ 94.00 $30.00 b) 0 thru 8 miles, per airline

mile or fraction thereof C 2.05 c) 9 thru 25 miles, fixed

charge (per channel) 94.00 30.00 d) 9 thru 25 miles, per airline

mile or fraction thereof C 2.00 e) Over 25 miles, fixed charge

(per channel) 94.00 30.00 f) Over 25 miles, per airline

mile or fraction thereof C 1.95 Note 1: A local loop extends from the carrier location to the serving wire center. DID functionality is not available with BSTC MSP Type 2B connection. The usage rates set forth in 10.f. following are in addition to the local loop rate. Note 2: Each additional loop from the same carrier location to the same wire center. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.





d. DS1 Service3

BSTC MSP Type 1 or Type 2 B Connections

1) Twenty Four (24) Voice Equivalent Channels

Facilities are provided at the rates listed below. A channelization charge does not apply when a full DS1 (24 channels) is utilized. The Digital Local Channel Basic System Capacity, DS1 Trunk Termination and Network Access Service Control Access Register Charges apply for a full DS1 service arrangement.

a) A Digital Local Channel is furnished between a serving wire center and the customer’s premises.

Non-recurring Month to Charge Month

(1) Each Digital Local Channel $300.00 $106.00

b) Basic System Capacity

The rates for a basic system without activated features for voice or data grade service are as follows:

(1) Central Office

Month 24 to 49 to 73 to Nonrecurring to 48 72 96

Charge Month Months Months Months (a) 24 Voice Equivalent Channels $ 240.00 $ 210.00 $ 189.00 $ 171.00 $ 154.00 (b) 48 Voice Equivalent Channels 280.00 410.00 369.00 333.00 300.00 (c) 96 Voice Equivalent Channels 370.00 800.00 720.00 648.00 584.00 (d) 144 Voice Equivalent Channels 455.00 1038.00 935.00 842.00 758.00 (e) 192 Voice Equivalent Channels 545.00 1266.00 1140.00 1026.00 924.00 (f) 240 Voice Equivalent Channels 630.00 1482.00 1334.00 1197.00 1078.00 (g) 288 Voice Equivalent Channels 715.00 1691.00 1522.00 1370.00 1233.00 (h) 384 Voice Equivalent Channels 890.00 2061.00 1855.00 1670.00 1503.00 (i) 480 Voice Equivalent Channels 1065.00 2412.00 2171.00 1954.00 1759.00 (j) 576 Voice Equivalent Channels 1240.00 2752.00 2477.00 2230.00 2007.00 (k) 672 Voice Equivalent Channels 1415.00 3059.00 2754.00 2479.00 2232.00

c) DS1 Trunk Termination


(1) At the Company switch (a) Digital Company Switch $ 90.00 $156.75

Note 3: DS1 service denotes 24 voice grade channels encoded at 1.544 Mbps in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V





d. DS1 Service³ (Continued)

BSTC MSP Type 1 or Type 2 B Connections (Continued)

2) Less than Twenty Four (24) Voice Equivalent Channels

Facilities are provided at the rates listed below. The Digital Local Channel, Basic System Capacity, Channelization charge, Voice Grade Trunk Termination and Network Access Service Control Access Register are applicable when less than 24 voice equivalent channels are provided.

a) A Digital Local Channel is furnished between a serving wire center and the customer’s premises.


(1) Each Digital Local Channel $300.00 $106.00

b) Basic System Capacity

The rates for a basic system without activated features for voice or data grade service are as follows:

(1) Central Office Month 24 to 49 to 73 to

Nonrecurring to 48 72 96 Charge Month Months Months Months

(a) 24 Voice Equivalent Channels $ 240.00 $ 210.00 $ 189.00 $ 171.00 $ 154.00 (b) 48 Voice Equivalent Channels 280.00 410.00 369.00 333.00 300.00 (c) 96 Voice Equivalent Channels 370.00 800.00 720.00 648.00 584.00 (d) 144 Voice Equivalent Channels 455.00 1038.00 935.00 842.00 758.00 (e) 192 Voice Equivalent Channels 545.00 1266.00 1140.00 1026.00 924.00 (f) 240 Voice Equivalent Channels 630.00 1482.00 1334.00 1197.00 1078.00 (g) 288 Voice Equivalent Channels 715.00 1691.00 1522.00 1370.00 1233.00 (h) 384 Voice Equivalent Channels 890.00 2061.00 1855.00 1670.00 1503.00 (i) 480 Voice Equivalent Channels 1065.00 2412.00 2171.00 1954.00 1759.00 (j) 576 Voice Equivalent Channels 1240.00 2752.00 2477.00 2230.00 2007.00 (k) 672 Voice Equivalent Channels 1415.00 3059.00 2754.00 2479.00 2232.00

c) Channelization

(1) Channelization is provided at the rate of $180.00 per DS1 per month, in addition to the DS1 Local Channel, Basic System Capacity, and Voice Grade Trunk Termination and Control Access Register activation charges for the number of channels ordered.

Note 3: DS1 service denotes 24 voice grade channels encoded at 1.544 Mbps in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.





d. DS1 Service3 (Continued)


2) Less than Twenty Four (24) Voice Equivalent Channels (Continued)

d) Voice Grade Trunk Terminations

When less than 24 channels are provided on DS1 service, rates and charges for Voice Grade Trunk Terminations and Network Access Service Control Access Register charges apply in addition to the Digital Local Channel, Basic System Capacity and Channelization rates and charges for one-way inward or two-way BSTC MSP Type 1 or Type 2B circuits. A Voice Grade Trunk Termination rate applies for each channel activated.


(1) Voice Grade Trunk Terminations, Per voice equivalent Channel activated $24.95 $35.60

3) Network Access Service Monthly

Rate a) Control Access Register (CAR) package, per

channel (DS1 service requires 24 CARS for full DS1. When less than a full DS1 (24 channels) service is provided, the CAR applies per channel activated.)

(1) BSTC MSP Type 1

(a) Two-way $ 7.50 (b) One-way Inward (Company

to MSP) 7.50 (c) One-way Outward (MSP to

Company) 7.50

(2) BSTC MSP Type 2B (a) Two-way 7.50 (b) One-way Inward (Company

to MSP) 7.50 (c) One-way Outward (MSP to

Company) 7.50

Note 3: DS1 service denotes 24 voice grade channels encoded at 1.544 Mbps in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels.





d. DS1 Service³ (Continued)


4) Channelization at the MSP location (optional)

a) Channelization may be provided upon request at the MSP location, at the rates specified for DS1 Service that include a basic system charge for 24 channels at the customer premises, channelization charges, plus feature activation charges for the number of channels ordered.

e. DS1 Interoffice Channel Mileage

1) Interoffice channel mileage is required when the carrier requests connection to a wire center which is not the

normal serving wire center for the carrier’s location.

2) Interoffice Channels are furnished between Central Offices. Rates are based on the airline distance between Central Offices.

These rates are applicable to DS1 Services.

Month 24 to 49 to 73 to

Nonrecurring to 48 72 96 Charge Month Months Months Months

a) Interoffice Channel, each Channel 0-8 miles (1) Fixed monthly rate $125.00 $ 80.00 $ 80.00 $ 80.00 $ 80.00 (2) Each airline mile, or

fraction thereof -- 27.00 24.00 22.00 20.00 b) Interoffice Channel, each

Channel 9-25 miles (1) Fixed monthly rate $125.00 $ 90.00 $ 90.00 $ 90.00 $ 90.00 (2) Each airline mile, or

fraction thereof -- 25.00 22.00 20.00 18.00 c) Interoffice Channel, each

Channel over 25 miles (1) Fixed monthly rate $125.00 $110.00 $110.00 $110.00 $110.00 (2) Each airline mile, or fraction thereof -- 23.00 20.00 18.00 16.00

Note 3: DS1 service denotes 24 voice grade channels encoded at 1.544 Mbps in accordance with the North American hierarchy of digital signal levels. ALL MATERIAL O N THIS SHEET IS NEW.





f. Usage Rates

1) The following usage rates apply to mobile originated calls as defined in 3. “Usage Charges for Mobile Originating Traffic” preceding.

Rate Per Minute

Of Use a) Mobile Originated

(1) BSTC MSP Lines, Trunks or

Type 1 Connections

Local Calling Area $0.0284 (Intra-MTA terminating to exchanges within the franchised serving area of the Company which are located in the same MTA as the MTA where the Telephone Company’s end office, to which the telephone numbers used by the MSP have been assigned, is located)o

MSP calls terminating to BSTC exchanges located outside the MTA where the Telephone Company’s end office, to which the telephone numbers used by the MSP have been assigned, is located will be charged a per minute usage rate set forth in the Company’s intrastate switched access tariff for terminating calls.

(2) BSTC MSP Type 2B Connections

The per minute usage rate for BSTC MSP Type 2B connections are the same as set forth in the Company’s intrastate switched access tariff for terminating calls.

Note 1: Where the number of messages must be used for bill preparation, a per call charge for mobile originating traffic of $0.06532 will apply. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.




f. Usage Rates (Continued)

2) (Continued) Rate Per Minute Of Use

c) Optional Land to Mobile

For calls originating within the franchised serving area of the Company, excluding the Bay Springs Exchange Area, and terminating to the MSP

(1) LTM-Upward rounding to the

next whole minute $0.132345

g.NXX Establishment Charge

1) BSTC MSP Type 2B

The following charge applies to the establishment of a dedicated NXX or the subsequent movement of that NXX to a different central office in the Company's territory³.

Non-recurring Monthly Charge Rate

a) Per NXX established $3,200.00 $ ---

Note 3: In addition to the non-recurring charge for the establishment of the NXX in the company’s switch, additional switch software or hardware required to establish the NXX will also apply at company costs including, but not limited to, overhead and other expenses. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.




h. Number Assignments

The following charges apply to the assignment of telephone numbers for inward dialing using MSP Line or Trunk connections or Type 1 connections.

1) Per group of 100 numbers, shared NXX4 $ 32.00 2) Per order 250.00

i. MSP Selective Class of Call Screening

The following monthly rates are applicable for MSP Selective Class of Call Screening. Available only where company facilities are capable of providing this service.

Monthly Rate

1) Option 1 $ 7.10 2) Option 2 $ 7.10

Note 4: If the numbers are assigned from a dedicated NXX, the non-recurring charge does not apply. This charge applies to all numbers assigned from the telephone company NXXs number groups. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 11. Definitions

The following definitions are in addition to those found in the Telephone Company’s Local Exchange Tariff.

BSTC: Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc.

CONNECTING CIRCUITS: Circuits that interconnect the MSP or other RCC with the Telephone Company, permitting access by the MSP or other RCC to the Telephone Company’s network. Such circuits may be one-way or two-way.

CMRS: Commercial Mobile Radio Service as defined by the FCC.

END OFFICE: An end office is a local Telephone Company central office where the exchange service customer's station loops are terminated to connect to each other and the network.

FCC: The Federal Communications Commission.

IC: Interexchange Carrier

LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF: Refers to the SCHEDULES OF REGULATIONS AND RATES APPLYING TO THE INTRASTATE SERVICES AND FACILITIES OF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. as approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORIGINATING TRAFFIC: Originating Traffic that (a) originates and terminates within the service territory of the Telephone Company, as specified in the map known as “Bay Springs Telephone Exchange Areas,” on file at the Mississippi Public Service Commission, (b) constitutes telecommunications traffic as “telecommunications” is defined in 47 U.S.C. Sec. 153(43) and not information services or enhanced services traffic, and is terminated by an MSP or other RCC acting as a common carrier and not as a private carrier, (c) is delivered directly by the Telephone Company to the MSP or other RCC to which the called party subscribes, without the involvement of any intermediary carrier, and (d) is received by the called party using a wireless handset, and (e) originates and terminates within the same MTA.

MAJOR TRADING AREA or MTA: A geographic area established in Rand McNally’s Commercial Atlas and Marketing Guide and used by the FCC in defining CMRS license boundaries for CMRS providers for purposes of Sections 251 and 252 of the Communications Act of 1934 as amended.

MSP: Mobile Service Provider

ORIGINATING TRAFFIC: Calls placed by subscribers of the Telephone Company to subscribers of an MSP or other RCC. The Telephone Company may at any time refuse to carry and/or may discontinue carrying without notice any Originating Traffic where either the calling party has not subscribed to the services of the Telephone Company, the called party has not subscribed to the services of the MSP or other RCC, or the Originating Traffic is not delivered directly to the MSP or other RCC at the Point of Interconnection.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 11. Definitions (Continued)

POINT OF INTERCONNECTION: The location of a physical connection between the facilities of the Telephone Company and the facilities of the MSP or other RCC. Such physical connections can only be established at places designated by the Telephone Company.

POINT OF TERMINATION: The point where the Telephone Company's responsibility for service ends. Unless the Telephone Company has provided facilities to the MSP or other RCC on the MSP or other RCC side of the Point of Interconnection, the Point of Termination is the Telephone Company’s side of the Point of Interconnection. The Telephone Company is under no obligation to provide facilities on the MSP’s or other RCC’s side of the Point of Interconnection.

RADIO COMMON CARRIER (RCC): A provider of wireless services on a common carrier, private carrier, or internal use basis. Any wireless provider that uses the services provided under this tariff is an RCC for purposes of paying the Telephone Company for services rendered.

SERVICE GROUP: A group of MSP or other RCC connection service circuits of the same configuration combined into a single service group for traffic handling.

SUBSCRIBER: End-user customers of the MSP or other RCC or the Telephone Company and resellers who directly or indirectly sell the services of the MSP or other RCC to end users.

TELEPHONE COMPANY: Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc.

TERMINATING TRAFFIC: Calls placed by subscribers of the MSP or other RCC to subscribers of the Telephone Company. For purposes of ensuring payment to the Telephone Company for services rendered, Terminating Traffic also includes other calls that the MSP or other RCC delivers to the Telephone Company, regardless of the carriers to which the calling party and called party subscribe. The Telephone Company may at any time refuse to carry and/or may discontinue carrying without notice any Terminating Traffic where either the calling party has not subscribed to the services of the MSP or other RCC, the called party has not subscribed to the services of the Telephone Company, or the Terminating Traffic is not delivered directly to the Point of Interconnection over facilities provided entirely by the MSP or other RCC.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs) (Continued) 12. Compensation to MSPs or other RCCs

a. General

By interexchanging Terminating Traffic or Originating Traffic with the Telephone Company and so accepting the Telephone Company’s services, the MSP or other RCC agrees that this Tariff sets the sole terms and conditions for claims by any MSP or other RCC for compensation from the Telephone Company for intrastate and interstate traffic subject to Section 251(b)(5) of Title 47 of the U.S. Code. The MSP or other RCC also acknowledges that the Mississippi Public Service Commission has authority over any compensation due the MSP or other RCC and in addition waives any jurisdictional objection to the authority of the Mississippi Public Service Commission with regard to setting through this Tariff all compensation due the MSP or other RCC.

b. Rules for Compensation

A Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) provider may obtain compensation from the Telephone Company only for the CMRS’ services in terminating Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic.

Compensation is not available to MSP or other RCCs which receive and terminate Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic but send no substantial Terminating Traffic to the Telephone Company. A CMRS may request compensation for its termination of Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic only in accordance with the following procedures.

Compensation to a CMRS for terminating Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic shall be set based upon the costs incurred by the CMRS to complete calls to its subscribers. A CMRS desiring compensation shall first deliver a written request to the Telephone Company for compensation under this Tariff. With or following its request, the CMRS shall identify a qualified unaffiliated consultant acceptable to the Telephone Company (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld) who will perform at the CMRS’ expense a study of the CMRS’ cost of terminating Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic. The consultant shall prepare the cost study based on an analysis of the facilities that the CMRS uses in the Telephone Company’s service area and not on the costs of facilities averaged over a state or nationwide basis. The consultant shall furnish the completed cost study (and any prior drafts or preliminary conclusions) simultaneously to the CMRS and to the Telephone Company, and upon request shall provide to the CMRS and the Telephone Company all information available to the consultant in preparing the cost study. To permit verification of the consultant’s findings, the CMRS shall provide the Telephone Company with information regarding its facilities and access to its books and financial records and shall permit the Telephone Company to inspect its facilities.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SERVICES FOR MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS (MSPs) AND OTHER RADIO COMMON CARRIERS (RCCs)(Continued) 12. Compensation to MSPs or other RCCs (Continued)

b. Rules for Compensation (Continued)

Based upon analysis of the cost study, the Telephone Company shall inform the CMRS of the rate the Telephone Company is willing to pay for termination of Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic, and no liability on the part of the Telephone Company to the CMRS shall accrue for traffic delivered prior to that date. The CMRS shall provide the Telephone Company with a new cost study once per calendar year, which the Telephone Company may use to recalculate the rate that it will pay the CMRS provider for terminating Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic.

c. Approval of MSP or other RCC Payments Cost Recovery Surcharge

Notwithstanding the forgoing, the Telephone Company’s payment of any amounts to the MSP or other RCC relating to Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic is contingent on the approval by the Mississippi Public Service Commission of the MSP or other RCC Payments Cost Recovery Surcharge as set forth in 13. following, and revisions filed or to be filed to all other Telephone Company’s Mississippi tariffs governing access charges and MSP and RCC connections. Each such tariff provision or revision must be approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission in order for compensation to MSPs or RCCs to occur.

d. Miscellaneous

An MSP or other RCC must be current (both at the time a call is made and at the time the MSP or other RCC requests payment) on all payments due the Telephone Company to receive any compensation relating to Local Telecommunications Originating Traffic.

The Telephone Company may elect to pay compensation due MSPs or other RCCs through credits against amounts due the Telephone Company.

13. MSP or other RCC Payments Costs Recovery Surcharge

The Telephone Company imposes an MSP or other RCC Payments Costs Recovery Surcharge (MSPPCRS or RCCPCRS) to recover from customers of its interconnection services (including access services) the costs of making payments to MSPs or other RCCs under Section 251(b)(5) of Title 47 of the U.S. Code. The MSPPCRS or RCCPCRS is a line-item surcharge on each bill. This surcharge is expressed as an amount equal to all other charges under the bill multiplied by the fraction resulting from dividing (a) the total payments to all MSPs and other RCCs during a month selected by the Telephone Company by (b) the total intrastate revenues received by the Telephone Company for interconnection services, including access services, and compensation from wireless carriers during that same month. The Telephone Company may calculate the MSPPCRS or RCCPCRS based on reasonable estimates if exact figures are not available.






JOINT USER SERVICE Rates

Monthly Installation Rate Or Move

Each Joint User Service One-half the Applicable Service

business Connection Individual Charges. line rate applicable in the respective exchange.

Conditions 1. Joint user of service will be furnished with the approval of the Company only with

business individual line, Key or PABX trunk service. 2. Joint use of service will not be furnished to a customer who is in a business of a

secretarial nature, or of renting, or leasing space to transient or permanent tenants. 3. The joint user must be located on the premises, or in the same office, or in the same

suite of offices as the customer, or in an office adjacent to and directly accessible from the customer’s office.

4. Applications for joint user of service shall be made by the customer. 5. The customer will be responsible for all charges incurred by the joint user. 6. Additional listings and supplemental services may be furnished to the joint user at

the request of the customer and at regular rates. 7. After the listing for the joint user has been included in the directory, joint use of

service may not be discontinued during the life of the directory, except under the following conditions:

a. The customer’s service is disconnected; b. The joint user moves from the premises where the customer’s service is located; c. The joint user establishes his own primary service on the same premise.

(T)

(T)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) 1. General

a. Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service, also referred to as Enhanced 911 Service or E911, is a telephone exchange communication service whereby a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) designated by the customer may receive telephone calls dialed to the telephone number 911.

E911 Service requires the interaction of two distinct services: the functions provided via network-related "Service Features," and those associated with customer premises terminal equipment (PSAP equipment). "Service Features" is a regulated service offering of the Local Exchange Company only, and rates and charges for same are included herein. PSAP equipment may be provided by the Company or other vendors. While the functionality of PSAP equipment is regulated by the terms and conditions set forth by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, rates and charges for such equipment are subject only to economic market forces, and are therefore excluded.1

b. Enhanced 911 Service is offered subject to availability of facilities.

1. Expenditures to modify a SXS Central Office to open the 911 code will be

billed to the customer on a special assembly basis in accordance with Section V.

c. The E911 customer may be a municipality or other state or local government

unit, or an authorized agent of one or more municipalities or other state or local governmental units to whom authority has been lawfully delegated. The customer must be legally authorized to subscribe to the service and have public safety responsibility by law to respond to telephone calls from the public for emergency police, fire or other emergency services within the telephone central office areas arranged for 911 calling.

Note 1: MPSC Docket No. 91-UA-0296 dated August 21, 1991, ordered that the rates and charges for E911 PSAP equipment be detariffed. In order to allow existing E911 PSAP equipment customers a smooth transition to this detariffed environment, the Company may continue to provide E911 PSAP equipment to those customers at tariffed rates in effect prior to the effective date of this tariff until such customers enter a contract for E911 PSAP equipment with the Company or another supplier. Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on Original Sheet 27.4

(T)

(T) | |

(T)

(N) | | | | | | |

(N)

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 2. Definition of Terms

A. Alternate Routing (AR) - A feature provided to allow E911 calls to be routed to a designated alternate location if:

1. all E911 exchange lines to the primary PSAP are busy, or 2. the primary PSAP closes down for a period.

This is a standard feature of E911 Service.

B. Attendant Position Equipment - Terminal equipment employed at the PSAP

attendant's answering location used in the answering, transferring and displaying of public emergency telephone calls originated by persons within the serving area who dial 911.

C. Automatic Location Identification (ALI) - A feature by which the name and

the address associated with the calling party's telephone number (identified by ANI as defined following) is forwarded to the PSAP for display. Multiple access lines with the same ANI will be identified with the address associated with that ANI.

D. Automatic Number Identification (ANI) - A feature by which the calling

party's ANI telephone number is forwarded to the E911 Control Office and to the PSAP attendant position equipment.

E. Data Management Systems (DMS) - A system of manual procedures and

computer programs used to create, store and update the data required to provide the Selective Routing (SR) and ALI features.

F. Default Routing (DR) - A feature activated when an incoming E911 call cannot

be selectively routed due to an ANI failure, garbled digits or other causes. Such incoming calls are routed from the E911 Control Office to a default PSAP. Each incoming E911 facility group to the Control Office is assigned to a designated default PSAP. This is a standard feature of E911 Service when the service is equipped for Selective Routing. Four party and rural service will be default routed.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 2. Definition of Terms (Continued)

G. Emergency Service Number (ESN) - A number that defines the set of emergency services (e.g., police, fire, emergency medical) within a particular district or zone. An ESN is associated with the primary PSAP and possibly one or more secondary PSAPs.

H. End Office - The Central Office(s) in the E911 System which receives

originating E911 calls.

I. Enhanced 911 (E911) Control Office - The office providing tandem switching capability for E911 calls. It controls switching of ANI information to the PSAP and also provides the SR feature, standard ESS Speed Calling features, call transfer capability and certain maintenance functions for each PSAP.

J. Enhanced 911 Service Area - The geographic area in which the customer will

respond to all E911 calls and dispatch appropriate emergency assistance.

K. Fixed Transfer - A feature which enables a PSAP attendant to transfer incoming E911 calls to specific secondary PSAPs by use of a single button on the PSAP attendant position equipment.

L. Forced Disconnect - A function of the E911 Central Office trunk circuit which

enables the PSAP attendant to release a connection even though the calling party has not hung up. This feature prevents the jamming of the E911 exchange lines and is a standard feature of E911 Service.

M. Manual Transfer - A feature that enables the PSAP attendant to transfer an

incoming E911 call by activating the switchhook of the associated telephone or the "add" button on the PSAP attendant position equipment and dialing either a 7-digit or 10-digit telephone number or a 2-digit Speed Calling Code. Manual Transfer is associated with the E911 trunk unit and is a standard feature of E911 Service.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 2. Definition of Terms (Continued)

N. Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) - An answering location for E911 calls originating in a given area. A PSAP may be designated as primary or secondary, which refers to the order in which calls are directed for answering. Primary PSAP's respond first; secondary PSAP's receive calls on a transfer basis only and generally serve as a centralized answering location for a particular type of emergency call. PSAP's are staffed by employees of public service agencies such as police, fire or emergency medical or by employees of a common bureau serving a group of such entities.

O. Selective Routing (SR) - A feature that routes an E911 call from a central

office to the designated primary PSAP based upon the identified number of the calling party and associated ESN.

P. Selective Transfer - A feature which enables a PSAP attendant to transfer

incoming calls to secondary agencies which serve the caller's location by activating a single button on the PSAP attendant position equipment. This type of transfer is only available when the SR feature is provided.

Q. Serving Central Office - The Central Office from which a PSAP, either

primary or secondary, is served.

R. Universal Emergency Number Service - A telephone exchange communication service for receiving telephone calls placed by persons in need of assistance who dial the number 911. Such calls are answered at PSAP's established and operated by the customer. The lines and equipment associated with the service arrangement for answering, transferring and dispatching of public emergency telephone calls are included.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 3. Rules and Regulations

A. This service is limited to the use of Central Office telephone number 911 as the universal emergency telephone number. Only one E911 Service will be provided within any government agency's locality.

B. The 911 emergency telephone number is not intended as a total replacement for

the telephone service of the various public safety agencies which participate in the use of this number. The public safety agencies will subscribe to other exchange telephone service as provided in other sections of this Tariff.

C. The service is furnished to the customer only for the purpose of receiving reports

of emergencies by the public.

D. E911 Service is classified as Business Exchange Service and is arranged for one-way incoming service to the appropriate PSAP. Outgoing calls can only be made on a transfer basis.

E. E911 Service is provided solely for the benefit of the customer operating the

PSAP. The provision of E911 Service by the Company shall not be interpreted, construed, or regarded, either expressly or implied, as being for the benefit of or creating any Company obligation toward any third person or legal entity other than the customer.

F. The Company does not undertake to answer and forward 911 calls, but furnishes

the use of its facilities to enable the customer's personnel to respond to such calls on the customer's premises.

G. Temporary suspension of service is not provided for any part of the E911 Service.

H. Central Offices that are not currently equipped to transmit ANI will not be

modified to provide ANI just for E911 Service. When the selective routing feature is provided, in such circumstances, Default Routing and central office identification will be provided in lieu of Selective Routing and ANI Display.

Certain material appearing on this sheet formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 27.

(T)

(M) | | | | | |

(M) (N) (N)

(T) (T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 3. Rules and Regulations (Continued)

I. ANI and/or ALI will not be displayed on calls placed over four-party or rural lines. Central office identification is provided in lieu of ANI/ALI.

J. In addition to the limitations of liability set forth in this tariff, the Company's

entire liability in connection with the provision, interruption or failure of E911 Service shall be limited to the terms set forth as follows.

The Company's liability for any loss or damage, including personal injury or death, arising from errors, omissions, interruptions, delays, defects, failures, or malfunctions of this service or occurring in the course of or as a result of the provision of this service or any part thereof whether caused by the negligence of the Company or otherwise shall not exceed the greater of $50.00 or an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge for the period of service during which such error, omission, interruption, delay, defect, failure or malfunction occurs. No allowance will be made if the interruption is due to the negligence or willful act of the customer of the service.

K. The rates charged for E911 Service do not contemplate the inspection or constant

monitoring of facilities to discover errors, defects and malfunctions in the service, nor does the Company undertake such responsibility. The customer shall make such operational tests as, in the judgment of the customer, are required to determine whether the system is functioning properly for its use. The customer shall promptly notify the Company in the event the system is not functioning properly.

Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on Original Sheet 28.2.

(T)

(N) (N)

(T) | | | | | | | | | | |

(T)

(N) | | | | |

(N)




L. Each customer agrees to release, defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company from any and all losses, claims, demands, suits and other actions, or any liability whatsoever, whether suffered, made, instituted or asserted by the customer or by any other party or person: (1) for any personal injury to or death of any person or persons, or for any loss, damage or destruction of any property, whether owned by the customer or others, and which arises out of the negligence or other wrongful act of the Company, the customer, its user agencies or municipalities or employees or agents of any one of them, or (2) for any infringement or invasion of the right of privacy of any person or persons, caused or claimed to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by the installation, operation, failure to operate, maintenance, removal, presence, condition, location, or use of E911 service features and the equipment associated therewith, including, but not limited to, the identification of the telephone number, address or name associated with the telephone number used by the party or parties accessing E911 service hereunder, or (3) arising out of any act or omission of the customer, in the course of using services provided pursuant to the Tariff.

M. The Company's intent will be to provide at least the same level of service

reliability and quality as the telephone service being provided in the exchanges where E911 is offered.

N. Because the Company serving boundaries and political subdivision boundaries

may not coincide, it is the obligation of the customer to make arrangements to handle all E911 calls that originate from telephones served by central offices in the local service area whether or not the calling telephone is situated on property within the geographical boundaries of the customer's public safety jurisdiction.

O. Application for E911 service must be executed in writing by each customer. If

application for service is made by an agent, the Company must be provided in writing with satisfactory proof of appointment of the agent by the customer. A negotiated date will be agreed upon with the customer. Should the customer choose to delay the original cut date by more than three months and the system is available for cut, installation charges may be charged effective with the originally scheduled date. Further, the cut date will be renegotiated so as not to interrupt other scheduled cutovers.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)

(T) | | | | | |

(T)




O. (Continued)

When an order for 911 service and facilities or requests for additions, rearrangements, relocations or modifications of service and equipment are cancelled in whole or in part, the customer is required to reimburse the Company for all expenses incurred in handling the request before notice of cancellation is received. Such charges, however, are not to exceed all charges which would apply if the work involved in complying with the request had been completed. At least one local law enforcement agency must be included among the participating agencies in any 911 offering.

P. Any terminal equipment used in connection with E911 service, whether such

equipment is provided by the Company or the customer, shall be configured so that it is unable to extract any information from the Data Management System other than information relating to a number identified through the ANI feature as the source of an in-progress 911 call and must comply with the guidelines for such equipment adopted by the Mississippi Public Service Commission.

Q. The customer must furnish the Company its agreement to the following terms

and conditions.

a. That all E911 calls will be answered on a 24-hour day, seven-day week basis.

b. That the customer has responsibility for dispatching the appropriate emergency service vehicles within the E911 Service area, or will undertake to transfer all E911 calls received to the governmental agency with responsibility for dispatching such services, to the extent that such services are reasonably available.

c. That the customer will develop an appropriate method for responding to calls for nonparticipating agencies which may be directed to the E911 PSAP by calling parties.

d. That the customer will subscribe to local exchange service at the PSAP location for administrative purposes, for placing outgoing calls, and for receiving other calls.

e. That the customer will subscribe to, or provide, telephone equipment with a capacity adequate to handle the number of incoming E911 lines recommended by the Company to be installed.

Certain material appearing on this sheet formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 28.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)

(M) (M)

(T) | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(T)




R. When the Selective Routing feature is provided, the customer is responsible for identifying primary and secondary PSAP locations as well as the unique combinations of police, fire and emergency medical agencies or any other appropriate agencies responsible for providing emergency service in the E911 serving area. An Emergency Service Number (ESN) will be provided for each unique combination by the Company. The customer will associate these ESNs with street address ranges or other mutually agreed upon routing criteria in the E911 serving area. These ESNs will be carried in the Data Management System (DMS) to permit routing of E911 calls to the primary and secondary PSAPs responsible for handling of calls from each telephone in the E911 serving area. The Company may assist the customer through the provision of information from its records concerning the names, telephone numbers and service addresses of subscribers within the customer's E911 serving area. The following terms define the customer's responsibility in providing information to the Company.

a. Initial and subsequent ESN assignments by street name, address range

and area or other mutually agreed upon routing criteria shall be furnished by the customer to the Company prior to the effective date of service.

b. After establishment of service, it is the customer's responsibility to continue to verify the accuracy of the routing information contained in the master address file, and to advise the Company of any changes in street names, establishment of new streets, closing and abandonment of streets, changes in police, fire, emergency medical or other appropriate agencies' jurisdiction over any address, annexations and other changes in municipal and county boundaries, incorporation of new cities or any other matter that will affect the routing of E911 calls to the proper PSAP.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




R. (Continued)

c. The Company will provide to the customer on request a complete written copy of the master address file on permit the customer to verify the accuracy of the police, fire, and emergency medical PSAP routing designations.

d. Charges, deletions and additions which the customer desires to have made in the master address file should be submitted on an "as occurred" basis.

e. The Company will furnish a written copy of the transaction to the customer for verification showing each change, deletion and addition to the master address file.

S. Emergency Service Numbers (ESNs) are only available as part of the Selective

Routing feature. Single and Multi-PSAP customers who desire to use ESNs for administrative purposes may do so as long as they subscribe to Selective Routing. Administrative ESNs can only be used to identify a unique set of responding agencies. For the purposes of this Tariff, a responding agency is defined as a municipality's police, fire, emergency medical service or other appropriate agency. ESNs will not be assigned to specific police precincts, fire stations, emergency medical zones, etc.

T. The customer is responsible for preparing a map with a complete list of road

names and another map that identifies jurisdictional boundaries. This includes the naming and/or renumbering of streets and the assignment of numbers for previously unnumbered property. This information is then merged with Company records to form the initial Master Street Address Guide (MSAG). The customer is provided prints of the MSAG for verification and correction purposes at various intervals in the creation process. The Company may assist the customer through the provision of information from its records concerning the names, telephone numbers and service addresses of subscribers within the customer's serving area.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)





U. The following terms define the customer's responsibilities with respect to any information provided by the Company to the customer concerning the Company's subscribers and/or with respect to geographical information or maps:

a. Such information shall be used by the customer solely for the purpose of

aiding the customer in more accurately identifying, updating and/or verifying the addresses of subscribers within the customer's E911 serving areas in connection with the customer's provision of E911 services.

b. Customer shall strictly limit access to the information to those authorized employees of the customer with a need to know and those employees actually engaged in the provision of emergency assistance services.

c. Customer shall use due care in providing for the security and confidentiality of the information.

d. Customer shall make no copies of the information except as may be essential for the verification of emergency assistance services.

e. As soon as the customer has completed using the information for the purposes authorized in the Tariff or upon the request of the Company, customer shall return all information and all copies of information to the Company or certify that the information has been destroyed.

V. E911 Service is not eligible for concession service as specified in Section V of this

Tariff. 4. Service Features

A. E911 Service is available in four service feature offerings.

1. Automatic Number Identification (ANI)

Charges are based on the total number of access lines served by the local switching offices equipped for ANI only.

2. Automatic Number Identification and Selective Routing (ANI/SR)

Charges are based on the total number of access lines to which both ANI and SR applies.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 4. Service Features (Continued)

A. (Continued)

3. Automatic Number Identification and Automatic Location Identification (ANI/ALI)

Charges are based on the total number of access lines served by the local switching office equipped for ANI and ALI but not SR.

4. Automatic Number Identification, Automatic Location Identification and

Selective Routing (ANI/ALI/SR)

Charges are based upon the total number of access lines to which ANI, ALI, and SR apply.

When SR is introduced, different features may be applied to the SR subsets without being applied to the total access lines served by the local switching office. Thus, where two jurisdictions are served by a local switching office each jurisdiction may select a different feature combination as long as SR is one of the features.

B. The service feature offerings include provision of E911 Exchange Lines to all

primary PSAPs and to secondary PSAPs that are equipped to display ANI information on Company provided equipment. The number of lines to a PSAP will be determined by the Company based upon anticipated call volumes. Secondary PSAPs that do not meet these specifications will receive calls on a transfer basis over the exchange network or the customer may subscribe to additional E911 Exchange Lines.

C. The following standard features are included with each of the service offerings:

- Forced Disconnect - Alternate Routing (Night Service)1 - Speed Calling - Central Office Transfer Arrangements - Default Routing

Note 1: Night service is implemented by employing a private line circuit between the E911 control office and the PSAP. This circuit will be billed at rates specified in the Private Line Service Tariff. Night service is only available where facilities exist.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 5. Rates and Charges

A. A Service Ordering Charge-premises visit not required will be applied on a per service order basis as covered in Section IV of this Tariff.

B. Messages

a. The calling party is not charged for calls placed to the 911 number. b. Charges for Toll messages transferred over exchange facilities from a PSAP

are billed according to rates applicable from the central office serving the PSAP initiating the transfer to the point of termination of the transfer.

C. Service Features

The following rates and charges will apply for new installations of systems ordered on or after the effective date of this Tariff, and for additions to systems with existing rates vintaged effective with the date of this Tariff.

a. Rounded to nearest 1000 access lines per service feature per Company

(excluding all types of WATS terminations). This count is based upon the maximum number of the stated access lines in service during the most current twelve month period at the time service is established. In instances where an exchange in an E911 system overlaps into an adjacent county or municipality without E911 service, charges for total exchange access lines will apply. When the adjacent county or municipality implements E911 service, charges for only access lines located in their respective E911 serving areas will apply. This count will be adjusted at the end of each calendar year to update customer billing, with the applicable twelve month period being the twelve months ending with the calendar year.o

Note 1: The annual customer billing update due to access line count adjustment applies only to monthly recurring rates.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ENHANCED UNIVERSAL EMERGENCY NUMBER SERVICE (E911) (Continued) 5. Rates and Charges (Continued)

C. Service Features (Continued)

a. (Continued)

1) Per 1000 Access Lines Served Nonrecurring Monthly

Charge Rate

a) Combined Automatic Location Identification and Selective Routing $3,140.00 $175.00

D. E911 Exchange Lines

$125.00 per month, per trunk includes ANI functions

E. Dedicated Facilities

When dedicated-direct arrangements are provided from exchanges or zones other than that in which the PSAP is located due to the Customer's request or when dedicated-direct arrangements are provided from exchanges or zone in which the PSAP is located, charges for Foreign Exchange Service will apply for the interexchange mileage, plus $125.00 per month, per trunk for the exchange line.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



Issue Date: 11/14/06 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 12/15/06 1309 Louisville Avenue Order Number: Monroe, LA 71202

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES DISCOUNT PROGRAM 1. General

The Schools and Libraries Discount Program permits eligible schools (public and private, grades Kindergarten through 12) and libraries to purchase the Company services offered in this tariff and the BellSouth Private Line Services Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, at a discounted rate, in accordance with the Rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its Universal Service Order No. 97-157, issued May 8, 1997 and Mississippi Public Service Commission in its Docket 95-UA-358, Subdocket Section 254, Universal Service Fund, Adopting Discounts for Services for Schools and Libraries, issued June 3, 1997. The Rules codified at 47 Code of Federal Regulation (C.F.R.) 54.500 et. seq.

As indicated in 5. Schools and Libraries Discount Matrix following, the discounts will be between 20% and 90% of the pre-discount price, which is the price of services to schools and libraries prior to application of a discount. The level of discount will be based on an eligible school or library's level of economic disadvantage and will be determined by the percentage of its students eligible for participation in the national school lunch program, and a library's level of economic disadvantage and will be calculated on the basis of school lunch eligibility in the public school district in which the library is located. A non-public school may use either eligibility for the national school lunch program or other federally approved alternative measures to determine its level of economic disadvantage. To be eligible for the discount, schools and libraries will be required to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in 2. Regulations following. Discounts are available only to the extent that they are funded by the federal universal service fund. Schools and libraries may aggregate demand with other eligible entities to create a consortium.

2. Regulations

A. Obligation of eligible schools and libraries

1) Requests for service

a. Schools and libraries and consortia shall participate in a competitive bidding process for all services eligible for discounts, in accordance with any state and local procurement rules.

b. Schools, libraries and consortia shall submit requests for services to the Schools and Libraries Corporation, as designated by the FCC, and follow established procedures.

(T) (N)




SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES DISCOUNT PROGRAM (Continued) 2. Regulations (Continued)

A. Obligation of eligible schools and libraries (Continued)

1) Requests for service (Continued)

c. Services requested will be used for educational purposes. d. Services will not be sold, resold or transferred in consideration for

money or any other thing of value.

B. Obligations of the Company

1) The Company will offer discounts to eligible schools and libraries on commercially available telecommunications services contained in this tariff. Those services contained in this tariff which are excluded from the discount program, in accordance with this tariff are listed in 4. Services Ineligible for Schools and Libraries Discounts following.

2) The Company will offer services to eligible schools, libraries and consortia at prices no higher than the lowest price it charges to similarly situated non-residential customers for similar services (lowest corresponding price).

3) In competitive bidding situations, the Company may offer flexible pricing or rates other than in this tariff, where specific flexible pricing arrangements are allowed, subject to Mississippi Public Service Commission approval.

3. Discounted Rates for Schools and Libraries

A. Discounts for eligible schools, libraries and consortia shall be set at a percentage from the pre-discount price, which is the price of services to schools and libraries prior to application of a discount.

B. The discount rate will be applied to eligible intrastate services purchased by

eligible schools, libraries or consortia.

C. The discount rate is based on each school or library's level of economic disadvantage as determined in accordance with the FCC Order or other federally approved alternative measures (as permitted by the Rules) and by its location in either an urban or rural area.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES DISCOUNT PROGRAM (Continued) 3. Discounted Rates for Schools and Libraries (Continued)

D. The discount matrix for eligible schools, libraries and consortia are listed in 5. Schools and Libraries Discount Matrix following.

4. Services Ineligible for Schools and Libraries Discount

A. Voice Mail Services 5. Schools and Libraries Discount Matrix

% Discount Level How Disadvantaged Urban Rural

Discount Discount % of students eligible for national school lunch program

< 1 20 25 1-19 40 50 20-34 50 60 35-49 60 70 50-74 80 80 75-100 90 90




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SUPPORT PROGRAM 1. General

The purpose of the Health Care Providers Support Program is to enable public and non-profit rural health care providers to have access to telecommunications services necessary for the provision of health care services at rates comparable to those paid for similar services in urban areas. The Health Care Providers Support Program offers eligible public and non-profit health care providers, located in rural areas reduced rates for Company intrastate services available in this tariff. Such services must be purchased in accordance with the Rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in its Universal Service order 97-157, issued May 8, 1997 and the Mississippi Public Service Commission in its Docket 95-UA-358, Subdocket Section 254, Universal Service Fund. The FCC Rules are codified at 47 Code of Federal Regulation (C.F.R.) 54.601 et. seq., and any amendments made thereto.

2. Regulations

A. To be eligible for the reduced rates, rural health care providers are required to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in the FCC Rules.

B. Reduced rates are available only to the extent that they are funded by the

Federal Universal Service Fund.

C. Eligible rural health care providers may aggregate demand with other entities to create a consortium. Universal services support shall apply only to the portion of eligible services used by an eligible health care provider.

D. Responsibility of eligible health care providers:

1) Rural health care providers and consortia shall participate in a competitive

bidding process for all services eligible for reduced rates in accordance with any state and local procurement rules.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SUPPORT PROGRAM (Continued) 2. Regulations (Continued)

D. Responsibility of eligible health care providers: (Continued)

2) Rural health care providers and consortia shall submit requests for services to the program Administrator, as designated by the FCC, and follow established procedures.

3) Services requested must be used for purposes related to the provision of

health care services or instruction that the health care provider is legally authorized to provide under the law.

4) A health care provider that cannot obtain toll-free access to an Internet

service provider and who is eligible for support for limited toll-free access under the Rules must certify that it lacks toll-free Internet access and that it is an eligible health care provider.

5) Services cannot be sold; resold or transferred in consideration for money or

any other thing of value.

E. Responsibility of the Company:

1) The Company shall offer the rates and charges as specified in 3. "Rates and Charges", to eligible health care providers to the extent that facilities and services are available and offered in the tariffs specified in 1. "General" preceding.

2) The Company shall offer services to eligible rural health care providers and

consortia at prices no higher than the highest urban rate as defined in the FCC Order and Rules.

3) In competitive bidding situations, where specific flexible pricing

arrangements are allowed, the Company may offer flexible pricing (to determine the reduced rate) subject to Mississippi Public Service Commission approval.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SUPPORT PROGRAM (Continued) 3. Rates and Charges

The following price adjustments will be available to eligible rural health care providers, except subparagraph C., which shall be available to all eligible health care providers, regardless of location:

A. A reduced rate for telecommunications services, using a bandwidth capacity of

up to 1.544 Mbps, not to exceed the highest tariffed or publicly available rate charged to a commercial customer for a similar service provided over the same distance in the nearest city in Mississippi with a population of at least 50,000.

B. An exemption from some mileage charges for any telecommunications services,

using a bandwidth capacity of up to 1.544 Mbps, that is necessary for the provision of health care services. The exempted mileage includes the distance between the rural health care provider and the most distant perimeter of the nearest city in Mississippi with a population of 50,000 or more, less the standard urban distance, which is the maximum average diameter of all cities with population of 50,000 or more in the state.

C. Each eligible health care provider that cannot obtain toll-free access to an

Internet service provider is entitled to receive toll charge credits for toll charges imposed for connecting to an Internet service provider as per the FCC Rules. Such toll charge credits are available pursuant to applicable toll tariffs.




Issue Date: 12/19/86 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1309 Louisville Avenue Order Number: Monroe, LA 71202

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE General

1. Customer premises inside wire and standard jacks associated with residence and business individual line basic exchange services may be provided by either the Company on a detariffed basis or the Customer. Customer premises inside wire associated with Semi-Public Coin telephone service may not be provided, changed or maintained by the customer.

2. Customer premises inside wire is defined as that wire, including connectors,

blocks and jacks located on the customer’s premises that extends between the termination of the Exchange Access Line and those jack locations within the customer’s premises to which terminal equipment can be connected for access to the Exchange Access Line.

3. Customer premises inside wire provided by the customer must be installed in

accordance with applicable electrical codes, Part 68 of FCC Rules and Regulations, and related Company practices.

4. Customer premises inside wire provided by the customer may be connected to

simple residence and business individual line basic exchange service furnished by the Company at the standard network interface by a standard Entrance Bridging Device.

5. The typical network interface for the connection of customer premises inside

wire is a nontariffed weatherproof enclosure consisting of a protector, a standard registration program jack or equivalent and an entrance bridging device and is provided as part of the Local Exchange Access Line Service at the applicable Service Connection Charges. A standard network interface will be installed at a location determined by the Company. Customer Premises Inside Wire can only be connected to the company-provided standard network

(T)

(T)

(T) | | | | | | | | | |

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 32-A

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 32-A


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE (Continued) General (Continued)

5. (Continued)

interface by Standard Entrance Bridging Device. The standard entrance bridging device allows the customer to remove customer premises inside wire from the telephone company standard network interface to allow testing of the Exchange Access Line and Customer Premises Inside Wire.

The Network Interface is provided to allow the modular connection of premises inside wire to the Access Line. The Network Interface is not to be routinely considered as a jack for the connection of telephone equipment to the Access Line except for normal testing purposes, for special situations as stated in A7" following, and for data jacks associated with Residence and Single Line Business Services (where the data jack is considered as the Network Interface).

Customer-provided premises wiring must be modularly connected to a Company-provided standard network interface to allow total disengagement of the customer-provided premises wiring and/or jacks from the Exchange Access Line.

A. Where the customer provides all inside wiring, the Company will meet the

customer on the outside of the premises through a network interface device that incorporates, a standard jack for testing and a standard entrance bridging device in a weatherproof enclosure. The network interface device shall be installed at a location determined by the Company.

(T)

(T) | | | | | | | |

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 32-B

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 32-B



5. (Continued)

B. When the customer purchases existing inside wire from the Company, the customer may at the customer’s option, request the Company to place an outdoor weatherproof network interface device at the customer’s premises, at the applicable Service Connection Charges and network interface cost. The Company will not require a weatherproof network interface device, when the interface device is not in place at the time of purchase of the inside wire, until such time as trouble and/or harm occurs, or the inside wiring is changed or modified. If at any future time the Company discovers that the purchased inside wiring has been changed or modified or add to any wiring purchased from the company, unless such wiring has an (outdoor) network interface or an entrance bridging device which allows disconnection of customer wiring from the telephone company network.

6. The customer is prohibited from connecting premises wiring to the protector.

7. The Network Interface for marine and recreational vehicles is a standard

weatherproof jack. This jack will be provided at the detariffed Network Interface jack rate in addition to the appropriate Service Ordering Charge and other appropriate Central Office Line Connection charges as specified in Section IV of this tariff.

8. Company-provided telephone instruments may be connected to customer-

provided inside wire and standard jacks, subject to the appropriate rates and charges specified in this Tariff.

9. Cost associated with telephone company requested changes in demarcation

locations will be borne by the telephone company.

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 32-C

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 32-C



10. The rates and charges for the Exchange Access Line and Extension Access Locations do not include the Company maintenance of customer premises inside wire and/or jacks associated with simple residence and simple business individual line or party line basic exchange service, or for Complex services such as Key and PABX service, Maintenance of Customer Premises Inside Wire is available under the Company’s deregulated optional maintenance plan.

Responsibility of the Customer

1. Where the customer elects to provide the inside wire and standard jacks, the installation must be in accordance with applicable electrical codes, Part 68 of FCC Rules and Regulations, and related Company practices. When the customer elects to provide a portion of the inside wiring a change of ownership of inside wiring may occur. If the existing wiring is suitable to the purposes of the customer, a sale can perhaps be arranged. If not, it may be advisable to abandon or remove the wiring. In either case, the telephone company will make a good faith effort to resolve the problem equitably.

2. The customer is responsible for the installation and maintenance of any

customer premises inside wire and/or jacks in accordance with the technical standards furnished to the Mississippi Public Service Commission by the Company.

3. In the event the customer provides, maintains or attempts to maintain inside

wire and/or jacks, the customer assumes the risk of loss of service, damage to property, or death to or injury of the customer or the customer's agent. The customer will save the Company harmless from any and all liability, claims, or damage suits arising out of the customer's wire provision or maintenance activity.

4. Where customer premises inside wire and/or jacks are maintained by the

customer, the customer is responsible for correcting any service difficulty that is causing harm to the telecommunications network upon notice from the Company that such wire is causing the difficulty.

(T) | | | |

(T)

(T)

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 32-D

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 32-D


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE (Continued) Responsibility of the Customer (Continued)

5. In those instances where the Company makes a repair visit to the customer's premises and the service difficulty or trouble results from customer-provided or maintained inside wire, and/or jacks or from customer premises inside wire not covered under the Company’s monthly optional maintenance plan, the customer is responsible for the payment of the Maintenance of Service Charge specified in this Tariff. If the customer elects to have the Company replace such inside wire, after determining that the trouble is located therein, the customer will be subject to the appropriate detariffed rates for this service, in addition to the Maintenance of Service Charge.

6. The Company will make the technical standards and installation guidelines for

customer provision of inside wire and jacks available to customers at Company designated locations.

Violation of Regulations

1. Where customer premises inside wire and/or jacks are installed or maintained in violation of Customer Premises Inside Wire, the Company will promptly notify the customer of the violation and will take such immediate action as is necessary for the protection of the telecommunications network and Company employees.

2. The customer shall discontinue use of the customer premises inside wire and/or

jacks which are in violation or correct the violation and notify the Company in writing within 10 days after receipt of such notice that the violation has been corrected.

3. Failure of the customer to discontinue such use or to correct the violation will

result in the suspension or disconnection of the customer's service until such time as the customer complies with the provisions of this tariff.

(T) | | | | | | |

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 32-E

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 32-E


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES 1. General

Custom Calling Services consist of optional service features for use in connection with a customer's basic local exchange service.

2. Definitions of Feature Offerings

A. Anonymous Call Rejection

Anonymous Call Rejection allows subscribers to reject calls from parties who have a privacy feature that prevents the disclosure of the calling party number. When the ACR feature is active, the incoming calls with a calling party number marked as private are routed to a denial announcement. Incoming calls with a calling party number marked as public and incoming calls without calling party number information remain unaffected.

B. Automatic Wake-Up

Automatic Wake-up provides the user with an immediate or delayed ringback, duration of approximately 30 seconds with a tone burst super imposed immediately upon answer. Delayed ringback occurs at a time programmed by the user. The automatic wake-up feature will cycle a maximum of 3 times, seven minutes apart if there is no answer during the ringback period. Automatic Wake-up may be set by the user to ring 3-10 rings. If not set by user, automatic wake-up will automatically set to ring 3 rings.

C. Call Forwarding

Call Forwarding is an arrangement whereby incoming calls may be transferred to another telephone number by signaling a prefix code and the telephone number of the service to which calls are to be transferred. Calls forwarded by this feature are subject to local and long distance message charges. These calls are also subject to transmission limitations.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 1st Revised Sheet 50.

(T)

(N) | | | | | |

(N)

(T)

(T)

(N) | |

(N)

(T)

(N) (N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 32-F

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 32-F


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES (Continued) 2. Definitions of Feature Offerings (Continued)

D. Call Forwarding Busy Line

Call Forwarding Busy Line redirects calls attempting to terminate to a busy line, to another designated line. This feature can be assigned in both residential and business group applications.

E. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer

Call Forwarding Don’t Answer provides for calls terminating to a subscriber’s idle directory number to be forwarded, after a customer preselected interval, to another telephone number. The customer selected forward-to telephone number and specified interval are preprogrammed at the time service is established and can only be changed via a service order. No Service Charge is applicable if the customer requests a ring count change within thirty days from the establishment of the feature on the subscriber’s line.

F. Call Pick-up

Call Pick-up permits a station user to answer incoming calls directed to another station within the same pick-up group by dialing an access code.

G. Call Return

This feature enables a customer to place a call to the last telephone number associated with the most recent call received whether or not the call was answered or the number is known. The customer can dial a code to request that the network place the call.

If the called line is not busy, the call is placed. If the called line is busy, a confirmation announcement is heard, the customer hangs up and a queuing process begins. For the next 30 minutes both the calling and called lines are checked periodically for availability to complete the call. If during this queuing process the called line becomes idle, the customer is notified, via a distinctive ring, that the network is ready to place the call. When the customer picks up the telephone the call will automatically be placed.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-E and Original Sheet 32-J.1.

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)

(M) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(M)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 32-G

Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 32-G

Issue Date: Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 10/2/99 1309 Louisville Avenue Order Number: Monroe, LA 71202


H.

I. Call Trace

Call Trace enables the customer to initiate an automatic trace of the last call received. Upon activation by the customer, the network automatically sends a message to the Company's security department indicating the calling number, the time the trace was activated, and in some locations, the time the offending call was received. The customer using this feature would be required to contact the Telephone Company Business Office for further action. Call Trace information will only be released to the appropriate law enforcement agency. The customer must sign an authorization at the proper law enforcement agency for the release of information by the Company to the law enforcement agency.

Only calls from within Custom Calling Service equipped offices are traceable using Call Trace.

(T)

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 32-H

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 32-H



K. Call Trace (Continued)

This feature will not work if the incoming call is from a telephone number in a multiline hunt group, unless the telephone number is the main telephone number in the hunt group, or is Telephone Number identified.

In some locations, if the customer makes or receives another call after hanging up from the annoying call, prior to activating the trace, Call Trace will not record the correct number.

Call Trace is available to residence and business customers as follows: (1) monthly subscription, or (2) per activation/occasion. If the customer elects to subscribe to Call Trace on a monthly basis, unlimited access to the feature is provided with no additional charge for each activation. Optionally, where facilities permit, any customer may utilize Call Trace on a non-subscription basis with a per occasion charge for each successful activation of the feature. A one time non-recurring charge to establish this service feature will be applicable in addition to the service connection charges.

Based on availability of facilities, access to Call Trace - Per Activation can be restricted at the customer's request. Appropriate service order charges are applicable on orders involving this capability if no other work is being performed.

L. Call Transfer

Call Transfer allows subscribers to consult with, add on, or transfer established calls to another station by flashing the switchhook and dialing the transfer-to number.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-G and 4th Revised Sheet 51.

(T)

(M)

(T) (T) (M)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 32-I

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 32-I



M. Call Waiting

Call Waiting provides the user, busy on a call, with a private signal which alerts him to an unanswered call waiting to be completed to his number. The user may; hold the existing call, answer the incoming call and alternately talk on both calls until one has been terminated.

Before a call is initiated the Call Waiting subscriber may, by dialing a code, activate the cancel feature and Call Waiting is then made inoperative on the first call initiated by the subscriber immediately following activation of the cancel feature. The cancel feature may also be activated after a call is established if the customer subscribes to flat rate Three-Way Calling. Call Waiting is restored automatically on termination of the call. During the time the cancel feature is activated, incoming callers receive a busy tone.

N. Caller ID - Basic

This feature enables the customer to view on a display unit the Directory Number (DN) on incoming telephone calls.

When Caller ID - Basic is activated on a customer's line, the Directory Numbers of incoming calls are displayed on the called CPE during the first long silent interval of the ringing cycle.

Any customer subscribing to Caller ID - Basic must provide his own display unit. The installation, repair, and technical capability of that equipment to function in conjunction with the feature specified herein will be the responsibility of the customer. The Company assumes no liability and will be held harmless for any incompatibility of customer-provided equipment to perform satisfactorily with the network features described herein, all calls may not be subject to number delivery.

If the incoming call is from a caller served by a PBX, only the main number of the PBX is transmitted and available for display.

If the incoming call originates from a multi-line hunt group, the telephone number transmitted will always be the main number of the hunt group. Caller ID is not available on operator handled calls.

(M) (T) (M) (N) (N) (T) (M) (T) (T) (M)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 32-J

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 32-J



O. Caller ID - Deluxe

Caller ID - Deluxe enables the customer to view on a display unit the calling party Directory Name and Directory Number on incoming telephone calls. A maximum of 15 characters is allowed for transmission of the calling party directory name. When Caller ID - Deluxe is activated on a customer’s line, the calling party directory name and number will be displayed on the first long silent interval of the ringing cycle. The date and time of the call is also transmitted to the Caller ID - Deluxe customer.

Any customer subscribing to Caller ID - Deluxe will be responsible for the provision of a display device which will be located on the customer’s premises. The installation, repair, and technical capability of that equipment to function in conjunction with the feature specified herein will be the responsibility of the customer. The Company assumes no liability and will be held harmless from any incompatibility of customer-provided equipment to perform satisfactorily with the network features described herein, all calls may not be subject to name and number delivery.

If the incoming call is from a caller served by a PBX, only the main number of the PBX is transmitted and available for display. If the incoming call originates from a multi-line hunt group, the telephone number and name transmitted will always be the main number of the hunt group, unless, facilities permitting, the lines within the group are TN (Telephone Number) identified. Calling party name and/or telephone number information via Caller ID - Deluxe is not available on operator handled calls. If the incoming call originates from a pay station, the name information transmitted will always be “Pay Phone”.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (N)


TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 32-J.1

Cancels Original Sheet 32-J.1



P. Caller ID Enhanced

1. With Call Management

This feature is only available to business customers with non-hunting where facilities permit. This feature allows a customer to control the treatment applied to incoming calls while the customer is off-hook on a call. Enhanced Caller ID with Call Management includes the functionality of the Call Waiting feature and the Caller ID feature and provides several additional call disposition options.

The customer must subscribe to the Call Forwarding Don’t Answer feature in order to forward a waiting call to another location. All terms and conditions, including rates, for this feature are as described in this tariff. This feature must be ordered separate from Enhanced Caller ID with Call Management.

Call disposition options provided with Enhanced Caller ID with Call Management include:

- answer the waiting call, placing the first party on hold - answer the waiting call, dropping the first party - direct the waiting caller to hold via a recording - forward the waiting call to another location (e.g., voice mail) - conference the waiting call with the existing, stable call and, if desired,

subsequently drop either leg of the “conferenced” call.

Utilization of the full capabilities of Enhanced Caller ID with Call Management requires the use of an Analog Display Services Interface (ASDI) - compatible telephone at the customer’s premises. The installation, repair and the technical capability of the ADSI-compatible CPE to function in conjunction with the features specified herein is the responsibility of the customer. The Company assumes no liability, and will be held harmless, for any incompatibility between this equipment and the network features described herein.

(T)

(T) (N)

(N)


TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 32-J.1.1



P. Caller ID Enhanced (Continued)

1. With Call Waiting Deluxe

This feature is available to single and multiline residence and business customers with non-hunting where facilities permit. This feature allows a customer to control the treatment applied to incoming calls while the customer is off-hook on a call. Enhanced Caller ID with Call Waiting Deluxe includes the functionality of the Call Waiting feature and the Caller ID feature and provides several additional call disposition options.

The customer must subscribe to the Call Forwarding Don’t Answer feature in order to forward a waiting call to another location. All terms and conditions, including rates, for this feature are as described in this tariff. This feature must be ordered separate from Enhanced Caller ID with Call Waiting Deluxe.

Call disposition options provided with Enhanced Caller ID with Call Waiting Deluxe include:

- answer the waiting call, placing the first party on hold - answer the waiting call, dropping the first party - direct the waiting caller to hold via a recording - forward the waiting call to another location (e.g., voice mail) - conference the waiting call with the existing, stable call and, if desired,

subsequently drop either leg of the “conferenced” call.

Utilization of the full capabilities of Enhanced Caller ID with Call Waiting Deluxe requires the use of an Analog Display Services Interface (ASDI) - compatible telephone at the customer’s premises. The installation, repair and the technical capability of the ADSI-compatible CPE to function in conjunction with the features specified herein is the responsibility of the customer. The Company assumes no liability, and will be held harmless, for any incompatibility between this equipment and the network features described herein.

(T)

(T) (N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 32-K

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 32-K



Q. Caller ID - Multi-Line

This feature allows residence and business customer with Rotary (Grouping) arrangements to receive and view on a display unit call related information on certain incoming telephone calls.

The following information is transmitted to the Caller ID - Multi-line customer and displayed on the called CPE during the first long silent interval of the ringing cycle: calling Directory Number, time of day (hours and minutes) the call was received and the date (month and day) the call was received.

A service order is required to establish or discontinue Caller ID - Multi-line. Subsequent to establishment, the feature can be activated and deactivated at the customer's discretion through the use of preassigned feature access codes.

Any customer subscribing to Caller ID - Multi-line must furnish his own display unit. The installation, repair and technical capability of that equipment to function in conjunction with the features described herein will be the responsibility of the customer. The Company assumes no liability and will be held harmless for any incompatibility of customer-provided equipment to perform satisfactorily with the network feature described herein.

If the incoming call is from a caller served by a Private Branch Exchange (PBX), only the main number will be transmitted and available for display. If the incoming call originates from a Multi-line Hunt Group, the telephone number transmitted and available for display will always be the main number of the hunt group unless the telephone number is Telephone Number (TN) identified.

The Local Exchange Line Access charge, defined in Section II of this tariff, will apply to exchange service access facilities associated with this feature. Caller ID - Multi-line is not available on operator handled calls.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-J.

(T)

(M) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(M)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 32-L

Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 32-L



R. Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Per Call

Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Per Call allows a customer to temporarily prevent transmission of that customer’s Directory Number and/or Directory Name allowing control of its availability to the called party. The transmission of the Directory Number and/or Directory Name to subscribers of Custom Calling features such as Caller ID, can be temporarily prevented on an as needed basis by dialing a preassigned access code prior to making a call. This action must be repeated each time a call is made to prevent the transmission of the Directory Number and/or Directory Name. Calling number Delivery Blocking does not prevent transmission of the calling party number on services such as E911 that utilize Automatic Number Identification (ANI) for delivery of the calling number.

S. Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Permanent

Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Permanent when established on a customer’s line, enables subscribers of special agencies as described in 3.A.(15) of this tariff, to prevent transmission of their Directory Number and/or Directory Name to subscribers of features such as Caller ID, on all outgoing calls placed from the customer’s line. Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Permanent is established and/or removed from the customer’s line via a service order. If the preassigned access code for Calling Number Delivery Unblocking is dialed on a line that is provisioned with Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Permanent, the calling number and/or name will be delivered. Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Permanent does not prevent transmission of the calling party number on services such as E911 that utilize Automatic Number Identification (ANI) for delivery of the calling number.

T. Direct Connect

The direct connect feature allows analog residential and business subscribers to place a call to a pre-assigned number without dialing. When the direct connect feature is assigned to a line, dial tone is given to the line when the subscriber picks up. If the subscriber dials within a pre-designated period of time, the call proceeds normally. If the subscriber does not begin dialing during the predesignated period of time, the call is automatically routed to the pre-assigned number.

(T)

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 32-L.1



U. Distinctive Ringing

Distinctive ringing provides a distinctive ringing pattern to the subscribing customer for up to thirty-six specific telephone numbers.

The customer creates a screening list up to thirty-six telephone numbers through an interactive dialing sequence. When a call is received from one of the predetermined telephone numbers, the customer is alerted with a distinctive ringing pattern (short, long, short). Calls from telephone numbers not included on the screening list will produce a normal ring.

If the customer also subscribes to Call Waiting and a call is received from a telephone number on the Distinctive Ringing screening list while the line is in use, the Call Waiting tone will also be distinctive.

When a telephone number on the Distinctive Ringing screening list also appears on the Preferred Call Forwarding list, the Preferred Call Forwarding will take precedence. Likewise, when the same number is shown on the Call Screening list, the call will be blocked.

A customer's line will not produce a distinctive alert if the calling line is not referenced to and originated by the main telephone number or a telephone number identified number, that represents all the lines in a collection of lines, such as multiline hunt groups.

V. Do Not Disturb

Do Not Disturb service is an arrangement whereby a customer has the capacity of transferring a terminating call to a recorded announcement without ringing, when he does not wish to be disturbed.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-I and 4th Revised Sheet 51.

(T)

(T) (M)

(T) (T) (T)

(T)

(M)




W. Home Page

Home Page allows the subscriber to dial one of three distinctive ringing intercom codes and then hang up. The phone and all its extensions will begin to ring distinctively according to the intercom code dialed until the designated individual (or any extension) answers the call. This service is limited to residential lines only and cannot be assigned to multiline hunt groups or on a group basis.

X. Instant Recall

Permits the user to activate a redial of the last number called.

Y. Personal Ringing (Ring 3)

Personal Ringing provides the user with the ability to have up to three published telephone numbers on the same line and receive a different ringing code for each number.

Z. Preferred Call Forwarding

Preferred Call Forwarding allows the customer to transfer selected calls to another telephone number. A screening list of up to thirty-six numbers is created by the customer and placed in the network memory via an interactive dialing sequence. Subsequently, calls are forwarded to the Call Forwarding telephone number only if the calling number can be obtained and is found to match a number on the screening list.

If the customer also subscribes to Call Screening and the same telephone number is entered on both screening lists, the Call Screening feature must be deactivated to allow the call to forward.

This feature will not work if the calling line is not referenced to and originated by the main telephone number that represents all the lines in a collection of lines such as multiline hunt groups.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-F and 1st Revised Sheet 50.

(T) (N) (N) (M)

(M)

(N) (N) (M) (M)




AA. Preferred Call Rejection This feature provides the customer the ability to reject incoming calls from up to six (6) different telephone numbers. A screening list is created by the customer either by adding the last number associated with the line (incoming or outgoing), or by pre-selecting the telephone numbers to be rejected. Calls from directory numbers on the screening list are automatically rejected and the calling party receives an announcement stating that their call is not accepted by the called party.

When a telephone number on the Preferred Call Rejection screening list also appears on the Preferred Call Forwarding and/or Special Call Acceptance screen list, Preferred Call Forwarding will take precedence. Likewise, when the same number is shown on the Preferred Call Rejection screening list, the call will be blocked.

This feature will not work if the incoming call is coming from a telephone number in a multiline hunt group, unless the number is the main number of the hunt group.

BB. Remote Program

Remote Program allows a subscriber to enter or change instructions from directory numbers other than his own. Dialed network ports are provided for remote programming.

CC. Repeat Dialing

Repeat Dialing, when activated, automatically redials the last number the customer attempted to call. If the called line is not busy, the call will be placed.

If the called line is busy, a confirmation announcement is heard, the customer hangs up and a queuing process begins. For the next 30 minutes both the calling and called lines are checked periodically for availability to complete the call. If during the queuing process the called line becomes idle, the customer is notified, via a distinctive ring, that the network is ready to place the call. When the customer picks up the telephone the call will automatically be placed.

DD. Restrictions

Restricts access to the toll network, set permanently at the Central Office.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-E, 1st Revised Sheet 50 and 4th Revised Sheet 51.

(T) (N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (N) (M) (T) (M)




EE. Special Call Acceptance

This feature provides the customer the ability to accept incoming calls from up to thirty-six different telephone numbers. A screening list is created by the customer either by adding the last number associated with the line (incoming or outgoing), or by pre-selecting the telephone numbers to be accepted. When a call is placed to the customer's number from a number not on the screening list, the caller receives an announcement indicating that the party he is attempting to call does not wish to receive calls at this time.

When a telephone number on the Special Call Acceptance screening list also appears on the Preferred Call Forwarding list, the Preferred Call Forwarding will take precedence. Likewise, when the same number is shown on the Call Screening list, the call will be blocked.

This feature will not work if the incoming call is coming from a telephone number in a multiline hunt group, unless the number is the main number of the hunt group.

FF. Speed Calling

Speed Calling is an arrangement which provides for the calling of a telecommunications network telephone number by dialing an abbreviated code. Two arrangements are available, either an eight-code capacity or thirty-code capacity, but not both on the same line.

GG. Three-Way Calling

Three-Way Calling permits an existing call to be held and a second call to be established and added to the connection for conferencing. Two toll points may be connected on a three-way call. Conference calls made with this service are subject to transmission limitations.

HH. Toll/Code Restriction with PIN

Toll/Code Restriction with PIN allows the subscriber to dial an authorization code and override the Toll Restriction on a per call basis. Subscribers will access the toll network through the use of a feature access code and special PIN (1 - 7 digits). Incoming and local calls are not affected by this feature. When a toll call is attempted on the subscriber’s line prior to dialing the access code and PIN, the call completion will be denied. The subscribers line is automatically returned to the “toll restricted” state each time the subscriber goes on-hook. When the Toll/Code Restriction feature is initiated, hookflash will initiate other assigned features, such as Three-Way Calling, etc.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-H, 32-I and 1st Revised Sheet 50.

(T)

(M) (T) (T) (M) (N) (N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 32-L.4.1

Cancels Original Sheet 32-L.4.1



II. Feature Service Packages

Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. offers an optional Enhanced Custom Calling Feature Service Package for residential customers only, under the following three options:

Option 1: includes Caller ID - Deluxe, Call Return, Call Waiting, Three-Way Calling, Speed Calling (30 codes), Call Forwarding, Call Forwarding Busy Line, Call Forwarding Don’t Answer, Special Call Acceptance, Repeat Dialing, Distinctive Ringing, Preferred Call Forwarding, Preferred Call Rejection, Call Trace (per line), Voice Mail (Plus), Anonymous Call Rejection, Do Not Disturb, Automatic Wake-up and Tel-Touch Telephone Service.

Monthly Rate

One Party Residential $19.95*

Option 2: includes Caller ID-Enhanced, Call Return, Call Waiting, Three-Way Calling, Speed Calling (30 codes), Anonymous Call Rejection, Call Forwarding, Call Forwarding Busy Line, Call Forwarding Don’t Answer, Special Call Acceptance, Repeat Dialing, Distinctive Ringing, Preferred Call Forwarding, Preferred Call Rejection, Call Trace (per line), Do Not Disturb, Automatic Wake-up, Ring 3, Home Page, Voice Mail-Deluxe, and Tel-Touch Telephone Service.

Monthly Rate


Option 3: includes Anonymous Call Rejection, Automatic Wake-up, Call Forwarding, Call Forwarding Busy Line, Call Forwarding No Answer, Call Screening, Call Trace (per line), Call Transfer, Call Waiting, Caller ID - Blocking, Direct Connect, Do Not Disturb, Enhanced Caller ID, Enhanced Privacy Control, Home Page, Preferred Call Forwarding, Priority Ringing, Repeat Dialing, Ring 3, Speed Calling (30 code), Three-Way Calling, and Tel-Touch Telephone Service, and V-Mail.

Monthly Rate


(T)

(T)

(N) | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF 3. Regulations and Limitations of Service

A. The following limitations apply:

1. Custom Calling Services are provided subject to the availability of facilities. Additionally, the features described will only operate on calls originating and terminating within Custom Calling Service equipped offices. Also, feature screening lists can only contain telephone numbers of subscribers served out of Custom Calling Service equipped offices.

2. Custom Calling Service is available to single party and multi-line

residence and business customers who have rotary dial or Touch-tone service. Caller ID on a flat rate basis is available to single exchange line non-grouped residence and business customers. Caller ID - Multi-line is available only for line side terminations equipped with hunting (grouping) arrangements and all lines in the Multi-Line Hunt Group must be provisioned with the Caller ID - Multi-line feature. Caller ID - Multi-line is not available for Private Branch Exchange (PBX) customers.

3. Custom Calling Service features cannot be provisioned on Pay Station

Telephone Service, party line service, toll terminals, trunks or some remote switching locations.

4. Appropriate service order charges apply except during Company

selected periods of special promotions.

5. This tariff sets forth rates for Custom Calling Service as described in "Rates and Charges" following.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 4th Revised Sheet 32-K.

(T)

(M) | | |

(T) | | | | | |

(T) | | | | | | | | | |

(T) | (T) |

| |

| | |

(T) | (M)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 32-M

Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 32-M


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES (Continued) 3. Regulations and Limitations of Service (Continued)

A. (Continued)

6. The Company may from time to time offer a special promotion of Custom Calling Service, lasting no longer than two (2) consecutive calendar months, designed to attract new customers or to increase customer awareness of this tariff offering. The offering of this trial period includes, but is not limited to, waiving any installation fees or monthly service fees. The customer is responsible for any applicable service charges as specified in Section IV of this tariff.

7. The Company will deliver all numbers, subject to technical limitations,

including telephone numbers associated with Non-published Listing Service as described in Section V of this tariff.

8. Neither Caller ID or Caller ID - Multi-line is available on operator

handled calls.

9. The Exchange Access Line Charge, defined in Section 3. of this Tariff, will apply to exchange service access facilities associated with Caller ID - Multi-Line.

10. The Company's liability arising out of the provision of any Custom

Calling Service feature, including, but not limited to the delivery or non-delivery of calling numbers, is limited as set forth in this tariff.

11. Custom Calling Service features are not available on trunks except as

specifically noted in 2. preceding.

12. A Service Ordering Charge and a Central Office Line Connection charge will be applicable for establishment of Custom Calling Feature(s).

13. Subscribers to Call Waiting Deluxe must have Touch-Tone service. The

rate for Touch-Tone service is in addition to the Call Waiting Deluxe rate.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-L.

(T)

(M)

(T) (M)

(N) | (N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 32-O

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 32-O


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE (Continued) 3. Regulations and Limitations of Service (Continued)

A. (Continued)

14. In addition to the rate in this tariff section for the Call Forwarding features, the following charges apply for the call being forwarded:

a) between the originating station line and the call forwarding location; the charge for this portion of a forwarded call shall be the charge specified in this tariff, or any other applicable tariff, for the type of call involved, either local or toll, for the entire duration of the call, but measured only the distance to the call forwarding location, and

b) between the call forwarding location and the terminating station line; for calls forwarded outside the local calling area, the Call Forwarding customer is responsible for the applicable toll charges; and, for calls forwarded inside the local calling area, a measured or message rate service Call Forwarding customer is responsible for the applicable customer-dialed measured or message rate service charges specified in this tariff, as appropriate, for each call answered at the answering location. Such charges apply to all calls answered at the terminating station line, including person-to-person and collect calls, even though such calls might not be accepted at the answering location.

15. Calling Number Delivery Blocking - Permanent is available to the

following customers only:

Domestic violence intervention agencies State and County Departments of Human Resource Shelters Attorney General Crime Victim Assistance Office; and

Other such agencies, their employees and volunteer, or individuals where it is certified that the personal safety of these employees or individuals will be jeopardized without blocking.

16. Screening List

The following features require the subscribers to establish a screening list of up to six numbers. The list is associated with a specific screening list feature, listed below, which identifies the treatment that will be imposed on the incoming call. Prior to using these features on a usage sensitive basis the subscriber must establish a screening list.

a. Distinctive Ringing b. Special Call Acceptance c. Preferred Call Forwarding

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 32-O

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 32-O



CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES (Continued) 2. Rates and Charges

A. Residence Service Monthly Rate

1. Single or First Service Features a. Anonymous Call Rejection $ 3.00 b. Automatic Wake-up 1.50 c. Call Forwarding 1.50 d. Call Forwarding Busy Line 1.00 e. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer 1.00 f. Call Pick-up 4.00 g. Call Return 4.00

- Per Call .75 h. i. Call Trace 4.00

(Per successful trace)* 4.50 j. Call Transfer 2.00 k. Call Waiting 2.40 l. Caller ID - Basic 6.00 m. Caller ID - Deluxe 7.50 n. Caller ID Enhanced

- (With Call Waiting Deluxe) 10.50 o. Caller ID Multiline 7.50 p. Calling Number Delivery Blocking

- Per Call 0.00 - Permanent 0.00

q. Direct Connect 0.50 r. Distinctive Ringing 4.00 - Per Call .75 s. Do Not Disturb 2.50 t. Home Page 5.00 u. Instant Recall 1.80 v. Personal Ringing (Ring 3) 3.50 w. Preferred Call Forwarding 4.00 - Per Call .75 x. Preferred Call Rejection 3.00 - Per Call .75 y. Remote Program 3.00 z. Repeat Dialing 4.00 aa. Restrictions 10.00 bb. Special Call Acceptance 4.00 cc. Speed Calling - Eight Code Capacity 1.40 - Thirty Code Capacity 2.00 dd. Three-Way Calling 2.00 - Per Call .75 ee. Toll/Code Restriction with PIN 3.00

* A non-recurring charge of $6.00 will apply to establish Call Trace Service on a per trace arrangement, in addition to the applicable Service Charges.

(T)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 6th Revised Sheet 32-P

Cancels 5th Revised Sheet 32-P


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges (Continued)

A. Residence Service (Continued) Monthly Rate

2. Additional Service Features a. Anonymous Call Rejection $ 2.00 b. Automatic Wake-up 1.00 c. Call Forwarding 1.00 d. Call Forwarding Busy Line 1.00 e. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer 1.00 f. Call Pick-up 3.00 g. Call Return 3.00

- Per Call .75 h. i. Call Trace 4.00

(Per successful trace)* 4.50 j. Call Transfer 1.50 k. Call Waiting 2.00 l. Caller ID - Basic 5.50 m. Caller ID - Deluxe 7.50 n. Caller ID Enhanced

- (With Call Waiting Deluxe) 10.00 o. Caller ID Multiline 7.50 p. Calling Number Delivery Blocking


q. Direct Connect .50 r. Distinctive Ringing 3.00

- Per Call .75 s. Do Not Disturb 2.00 t. Home Page 4.00 u. Instant Recall 1.50 v. Personal Ringing (Ring 3) 3.00 w. Preferred Call Forwarding 3.00

- Per Call .75 x. Preferred Call Rejection 2.50

- Per Call .75 y. Remote Program 2.50 z. Repeat Dialing 3.00

- Per Call .75 aa. Restrictions 10.00 bb. Special Call Acceptance 3.00

- Per Call .75 cc. Speed Calling

- Eight Code Capacity 1.00 - Thirty Code Capacit 1.50

dd. Three-Way Calling 1.50 - Per Call .75

ee. Toll/Code Restriction with PIN 3.00 * A non-recurring charge of $6.00 will apply to establish Call Trace Service on a per trace arrangement, in addition to the applicable Service Charges.

(T)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 6th Revised Sheet 32-Q

Cancels 5th Revised Sheet 32-Q


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICES (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges (Continued)

B. Business Service

1. Single or First Service Feature Monthly Rate

a. Anonymous Call Rejections (ACR) $ 3.50 b. Call Forwarding 1.50 c. Call Forwarding Busy Line 1.50 d. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer 3.25 e. Call Pick-up 4.50 f. Call Return (per line) 4.50

- Per Call .75 g. h. Call Trace (per line) 5.00

(per successful trace)* 5.50 i. Call Transfer 2.00 j. Call Waiting 2.40 k. Caller ID Basic (per line) 7.50 l. Caller ID - Deluxe 10.00 m. Caller ID Enhanced

- with Call Management 16.95 - with Call Waiting Deluxe 15.00

n. Caller ID Multiline 10.00 o. Calling Number Delivery Blocking


p. Direct Connect .50 q. Distinctive Ringing 4.50

- Per Call .75 r. Do Not Disturb 2.50 s. Instant Recall 1.80 t. Personal Ringing (Ring 3) 4.00 u. Preferred Call Forwarding (per line) 4.50

- Per Call .75 v. Preferred Call Rejection 3.50

- Per Call .75 w. Remote Program 3.00 x. Repeat Dialing (per line) 4.50

- Per Call .75 y. Restrictions 10.00 z. Special Call Acceptance (per line) 4.50

- Per Call .75 aa. Speed Calling

- Eight Code Capacity 1.40 - Thirty code Capacity 2.00

bb. Three-Way calling 2.00 - Per Call .75

cc. Toll/Code Restriction with PIN 4.00 * A non-recurring charge of $7.50 will apply to establish Call Trace Service on a per trace arrangement, in addition to the applicable Service Connection Charges.

(T)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 32-R

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 32-R


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges (Continued)

B. Business Service (Continued) Monthly Rate

2. Additional Service Features

a. Anonymous Call Rejections (ACR) $ 3.50 b. Call Forwarding 1.00 c. Call Forwarding Busy Line 1.00 d. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer 2.75 e. Call Pick-up 3.50 f. Call Return (per line) 3.50

- Per Call .75 g. h. Call Trace (per line) 5.00

(per successful trace)* 5.50 i. Call Transfer 1.50 j. Call Waiting 2.00 k. Caller ID Basic (per line) 7.00 l. Caller ID - Deluxe 10.00 m. Caller ID Enhanced

- with Call Management 16.95 - with Call Waiting Deluxe 14.50

n. Caller ID Multiline 10.00 o. Calling Number Delivery Blocking


p. Direct Connect .50 q. Distinctive Ringing 3.50

- Per Call .75 r. Do Not Disturb 2.00 s. Instant Recall 1.50 t. Personal Ringing (Ring 3) 4.00 u. Preferred Call Forwarding (per line) 3.50

- Per Call .75 v. Preferred Call Rejection 3.00

- Per Call .75 w. Remote Program 2.50 x. Repeat Dialing (per line) 3.50

- Per Call .75 y. Restrictions 10.00 z. Special Call Acceptance (per line) 3.50

- Per Call .75 aa. Speed Calling

- Eight Code Capacity 1.00 - Thirty code Capacity 1.50

bb. Three-Way calling 1.50 - Per Call .75

cc. Toll/Code Restriction with PIN 4.00 * A non-recurring charge of $7.50 will apply to establish Call Trace Service on a per trace arrangement, in addition to the applicable Service Connection Charges.

(T)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 32-S

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 32-S


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges (Continued)

C. Per Subscriptiono

1. Rotary (Grouping) Arrangements

a. Caller ID - Multi-line (per line) - Per Calling Number Delivered Usage Charge

(1) Residence Rate

Quantity of Calls (a) First 50,000 $ 0.02 (b) 50,001 - 400,000 0.015 (c) Over 400,000 0.02

(2) Business

Quantity of Calls (a) First 50,000 $ 0.02 (b) 50,001 - 400,000 0.015 (c) Over 400,000 0.02

Note 1: Caller ID - Multiline should not be included in the determination of appropriate rates when purchased in combination with other Custom Calling Service features. Certain material on this page formerly appeared on 2nd Revised Sheet 32-R.

(T)

(M) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(M)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 32-T


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE (Continued) 5. Privacy Control

A. General

The Privacy Control feature is used to inform callers that the subscriber does not want to receive telemarketing calls. The subscriber can activate or deactivate the Privacy Control feature. When the feature is active, all incoming calls are routed to a recorded announcement stating, “You have called a number which does not accept calls from telemarketers. All other callers may press 1 if they wish to complete the call.” If the calling party enters 1, the call gets normal treatment. If the calling party enters any digit other than 1 or does not enter any digit (timeout), the calling party receives a busy tone.

If the subscriber has Caller ID and Enhanced Privacy Control, the recorded announcement will be omitted as long as the calling number is not marked private, unavailable, unknown, or blocked.

If the subscriber does not have Caller ID, every incoming call will be routed to the recorded announcement.

B. Regulations and Limitations of Service

The following regulations and limitations apply:

1. Privacy Control is provided subject to the availability of facilities.

2. Privacy Control is available to single line business and residence

subscribers.

3. Privacy Control is not compatible with ISDN, Centrex, or Multiline Hunt Group.

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 32-U


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE (Continued) 5. Privacy Control (Continued)

C. Rates and Charges

The following rates and charges are for Privacy Control service only and are in addition to the applicable service charges and monthly rates for exchange access lines and other services with which this service is associated.

Monthly

Rate 1. Residential

a. Privacy Control

(1) 1st feature $3.00 (2) Additional feature 2.50

b. Enhanced Privacy Control


2. Business

a. Privacy Control


b. Enhanced Privacy Control


(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 32-V



CUSTOM CALLING SERVICE (Continued) 6. Voice Mail with Unified Messaging

Voice mail box with Unified Messaging is a service offering that combines Voicemail, fax and email messages into one location that allows universal access:

1. listen to emails over the phone

2. play voicemails over the web

3. forward faxes as email

4. receive a visual or audible message waiting indicator

5. send a copy of the message to another party

MONTHLY AMOUNT Residential Business

Voice Mail with Unified Messaging $9.95 $14.95

7. Find-me-follow-me

Allows the subscriber to specify a list of numbers that are rung whenever their line is called, and an order for those numbers to be rung. Each number is rung in the order specified ( and several numbers can be rung simultaneously) until one of them answers the call, or the list is exhausted.

MONTHLY AMOUNT Residential Business

Find-me-follow-me $5.95 $7.95





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ALARM CIRCUIT General An alarm circuit is a two wire line or cable pair provided by the telephone company from the customers premises to a different location (Police Station, customers residence, etc.) within the exchange rate area of the telephone company exchange, over which the customer operates his own alarm equipment. Rates

Monthly Rate Alarm Circuit, per cable pair loop*

First Quarter Mile $17.35

Each additional quarter mile, or fraction thereof $ .75

Alarm Circuit, per cable pair, where cable pair does not go through the local exchange central office

First Quarter Mile $17.35

Each additional quarter mile, or fraction thereof $ .75

Installation, move or change charge, per cable pair $35.00

Conditions 1. The customer will be required to furnish and maintain the circuit closing device and

the wiring between this device. 2. The customer shall indemnify and hold harmless and thereby release the Company

from any and all legal or other expenses, claims, costs, losses, suits or judgements for damages or injuries to or deaths of persons, or damages to or destruction of property arising in any way directly or indirectly, by reason of any use by the customer of the facilities provided by the Company and shall sign a release thereto.

* A loop is defined as a circuit pair going from the point of origin to the Central Office.

(C)

(C)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CIRCUIT RENTAL * Local loop rental - Miscellaneous, including Private Line Voice, Teletype, TWX, Data, Metering or Control Channels. 1. The following rates apply when necessary facilities are available. When facilities are

not available, the customer may be required to pay an additional charge or to contract for service beyond the initial period, or both.

2. The total mileage is the sum of the direct route mileage from each point to its serving

central office, with fractional 1/4 miles rated as full 1/4 miles, for each two point segment of distance.

3. Charges per cable pair, route mileage

Installation, Move Monthly or Change Charge Rate

a. First 1/4 mile $ 35.00 $48.13 b. Each additional 1/4 mile N/C 1.00 c. For each terminated segment where

segments are permanently tied together, combined mileage applies.

Local Loops for Foreign Exchange Not Covered Under Circuit Rental Above 1. The following rates apply when necessary facilities are available. When facilities

are not available, the customer may be required to pay an additional charge or to contract for service beyond the initial period, or both.

2. The mileage charges shown below shall apply from the Base Rate Area to the

customer’s premise, with fractional 1/4 miles treated as full 1/4 miles. 3. Charges per cable pair, route mileage


a. First 1/4 mile $ 35.00 $48.13 b. Each additional 1/4 mile N/C 1.00 c. For each terminated segment where

segments are permanently tied together, combined mileage applies.

* Circuit Rental is grandfathered and restricted to existing services. No new service will be offered.

(C) (C)




Issue Date: 11/30/07 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1/01/08 1309 Louisville Avenue Order No.: Monroe, LA 71201

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF CIRCUIT RENTAL (Continued) * Local Loop Rental - where cable pair does not go through the local exchange central office, including but not limited to, off-premise extensions. 1. The following rates apply when necessary facilities are available. When facilities

are not available, the customer may be required to pay an additional charge, including construction charges, or to contract for service beyond the initial period, or both.

2. The total mileage is the sum of the direct route mileage from the originating point

to its each serving point, with fractional 1/4 miles rated as full 1/4 miles.


a. First 1/4 mile $ 35.00 $17.35

b. Each additional 1/4 mile N/C .75 * Circuit Rental is grandfathered and restricted to existing services. No new service will be offered.

(C)


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 36 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 36

Issue Date: 10/07/11 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President (T) Effective Date: 11/07/11 236 East Capitol Street (T) Order No.: Jackson, MS 39201 (T)

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SAFETYNET SERVICE 1. General

SafetyNet Service is a bundle for residential customers who wish to only subscribe to a basic access line in order to place emergency calls and receive High Speed Internet and/or Residential Security Service. The bundle includes a basic access line with unlimited incoming calls, 180 minutes of local outgoing calls, and 3.0 Mbps / 512 Kbps high speed data or higher and/or Residential Security Service.

2. Terms and Conditions a. SafetyNet Service will be provisioned where facilities are available. b. SafetyNet Service is only available as a bundle with 3.0 Mbps / 512 Kbps high

speed data or higher and/or Residential Security Service. No other optional services or optional calling plans are offered with this bundle, except Toll Restriction, Toll Restriction PIN Override, Non-Published Numbers, and Non-Listed Numbers. These four services will be allowed at the rates listed elsewhere in the tariff.

c. Rules, regulations, and limitations as specified elsewhere in the Company’s

tariffs will apply to this bundle. d. Customers must subscribe to SafetyNet Service for at least one year.

Cancellation of the bundle prior to the one year timeframe will cause an early termination fee of $185.00 to apply.

e. Customers must subscribe to the Company’s Long Distance Service as their

long distance provider. f. Per month, customers are allowed an unlimited amount of incoming calls and

180 minutes of local outgoing calls, which include calls to Emergency 911 services and the Local Business Office. A charge of $0.05 per minute will apply to any usage over the allotted 180 minutes of local outgoing minutes per month. Standard toll charges will apply to all long distance calls.


(N) (N)


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 36.1 Cancels Original Sheet 36.1

Issue Date: 10/29/14 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 11/30/14 236 East Capitol Street Order No.: Jackson, MS 39201


SAFETYNET SERVICE (Cont’d) 3. Rates and Charges Per Month SafetyNet Service with 3.0 Mbps / 512 Kbps high speed data $54.95* SafetyNet Service with Residential Security Service $39.95 SafetyNet Service with 3.0 Mbps / 512 Kbps high speed data and Residential Security Service $74.95* *An additional charge of $10.00 per month will be applied to upgrade the SafetyNet Service bundle high speed data service to 6.0 Mbps / 512 Kbps where available.

(I)




Issue Date: 1/04/88 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: U-4344 Monroe, LA 71201

GENERAL EXCHANGE SERVICE ELECTRONIC OR SPECIAL KEY SERVICE SYSTEMS Electronic or Special Key Service Systems are arrangements of equipment consisting of a key service unit (KSU) and stations connected to the KSU by means of a 3 pair cable, 1 pair for voice transmission, 2 pairs for sending and receiving data. Rates and Charges Line Rate Rate listed in the Local Exchange tariff for Key System line access. Rotary Service Rotary Service is an arrangement whereby a customer with two individual lines can have an incoming call automatically transferred by central office equipment, to his second line should the first line ve in use. This also permits the customer with two lines to have only one listing since any call will be automatically transferred to the second line should the first line be in use. Rotary Service, each line terminating in rotary line group $5.00 per month. Extensions Service Connection Charges Service connection charges applicable as set forth in “Service Connection Charges” applies for each line installed, moved or changed.

(D) | | | |

(D)

(D) | |

(D)





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ELECTRONIC OR SPECIAL KEY SERVICE SYSTEMS (Continued) Conditions 1. All operating at the customer’s premises will be performed at the expense of the

customer, and will conform to the operating practices and procedures specified by the Company to maintain proper standards of service.

2. 3. 4.

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)






KEY SYSTEMS Type A - Two Line Telephones provide an arrangement whereby two lines may be accessed by one or more telephones. A turn key (no pushbutton) permits the user to select either of the two lines. This telephone is also equipped with a hold feature. This is a non-expandable system and uses no common equipment as in key systems. Rates 1. 2. 3. Line Rates

Rate listed in the Local exchange Tariff for Key System Line Access. 4. Rotary Service, each line terminating in rotary line group $5.00 per month.

Rotary Service is an arrangement whereby a customer with two individual lines can have an incoming call automatically transferred by central office equipment, to his second line should the first line be in use. This also permits the customer with two lines to have only one listing since any call will be automatically transferred tot he second line should the first line be in use.

5. Service Connection Charges - Applicable service connection charges as defined in

“Service Connection Charges”, applies each line and key set station installed, moved or changed.

Conditions

(T)

(D)

(D)

(D) | | |

(D)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECT-INWARD-DIALING (DID) SERVICE 1. General

A. DID service permits calls incoming to a PBX or other CPE from the network to reach a specific station line number without the assistance of an attendant. DID service is provided subject to the availability of facilities and may be furnished from the central office which regularly serves the area in which the customer is located or from a foreign central office equipped to provide DID service subject to the appropriate intra/interexchange rates. No outbound service will be allowed from any trunk in the DID group or DID numbers assigned.

2. Rules and Regulations

A. Rates are in addition to the rates shown elsewhere in this and other Company tariffs for the PBX access line charge, other services and equipment with which this offering is associated.

B. The service includes central office switching equipment necessary for in-dialing

from the network directly to station lines associated with customer premises switching equipment.

C. The service must be provided on all trunks in a DID group arrangement. Each

trunk group shall be considered a separate service. Hunting Service will not be provided between separate trunk groups.

D. Facilities and operational characteristics or interface signals between the

Company-provided connecting arrangements and the customer provided switching equipment must conform to the rules and regulations the Company considers necessary to maintain proper standards of service.

E. One primary directory listing will be furnished without charge for each separate

trunk group. Additional listings can be obtained as specified in Section V of the tariff.

F. The customer shall be responsible for providing interception of calls to vacant and

non-working assigned DID numbers by means of attendant intercept or recorded announcement service.

G. DID numbers are provided in blocks consisting of a minimum of 20 consecutive

numbers which may be assigned to station lines or reserved for future use at rates specified herein. The Company does not guarantee to provide a number block consecutive to any other number block. The Company will not be responsible for interception and administration of reserved numbers. DID numbers are not provided in a hunting arrangement.

(T) (N) (N) (T) (D) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (N) (N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF DIRECT-INWARD-DIALING (DID) SERVICE (Continued) 2. Rules and Regulations (Continued)

H. Automatic Intercept Service (AIS) for a non-listed disconnected DID telephone number will be provided at the rate following, where facilities permit. AIS will provide a referral to the corresponding new telephone number for a maximum period of twelve months or until the delivery of the new directory, whichever comes first.

3. Rates and Charges

A. Direct Inward Dialing (DID) Charges Nonrecurring Monthly Charge Rate

1. Group of 20 working or reserved DID numberso

a) Working numbers, each group of 20 $480.00 $ 3.40 b) Reserved numbers, each group of 20 480.00 3.40

2. DID Trunk Termination in Central Office5

a) Each, Inward Only Trunk 50.00 26.00

3. Multifrequency (MF) Pulsing Option;

a) Each Trunk - 7.50

4. Dual Tone Multifrequency (DTMF) Option;

a) Each Trunk - 7.50

5. Automatic Intercept Service4

a) Per number referred 16.00 -

o The nonrecurring Charge applies to the first group of DID numbers assigned to a customer per occasion.

5 This charge is in addition to PBX access line charges and other services provided in connection with DID service.

; These options provide faster signaling on DID trunks. The choice of pulsing alternative depends on the customer’s premises equipment.

4 Provides automatic referral of calls from a non-listed disconnected DID telephone number to a corresponding new telephone number for twelve months or until the deliver of the new directory, whichever comes first. AIS is available only where facilities permit.

(N) | | | (N) (T) | | | | | (R) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (R)(T) (N) | | | | | | | | | (N)



TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 42



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF KEY SYSTEMS Conditions 1. All costs associated with commercial power, power outlets or conduit required in

the installation and operation of key equipment on the customer’s premises will be provided by the customer.

2. All operating at the customer’s premises will be performed at the expense of the


3. Key System Line Rates Rate listed in Local Exchange Tariff for Key System Line Access. Rotary Service, per line terminating in rotary line group $5.00 per month. Service Connection Charges Service connection charges apply for each line and access installed, moved or changed as set forth in “Service Connection Charges”.

(D)

(D)

(D)

(D)


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 43 Cancels Original Sheet 43


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ELECTRONIC OR SPECIAL PABX SERVICE General A Private Branch Exchange (PABX) is an arrangement of equipment consisting of a switchboard, either dial or manual, and stations connected with the switchboard which are arranged for intercommunicating between the stations and which may be connected with a central office communication with the general exchange system for local and toll telephone service. Rates Trunks - the PABX Trunk Access Charge in Section II, of this tariff Rotary Service - each line terminating in rotary line group $5.00 per month. Installation or Move Charge:

Trunks - applicable service connection charges in Section IV of this tariff. Conditions 1. All operating at the customer’s premises will be performed at the expense of the


2.

(D)

(D)

(T)

(D) |

(D)

(D)





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF TRUNK HUNTING SERVICES 1. Regular (Linear) Hunting

Regular Hunting, sometimes referred to as Linear Hunting, provides a sequential hunt over the stations in the Multiline Hunt Group (MHG). This hunt method is the default if no other method is selected. With this arrangement, calls to the pilot number (listed directory number) attempt to terminate at the first equipment number (EN) in the MHG. If the first EN is busy, hunting proceeds in a sequential fashion across all numbers of the group until an idle station is located or the end of the list is reached. If an idle station is available, the call is terminated to it. If no idle stations are available, busy tone is returned unless the Queuing option is equipped.

Individual stations within the MHG may be provided with Directory Numbers (DNs). These DNs identify the station and may be either hunting (HDN) or non-hunting (DN). If a call is made to one of the hunting DNs within the MHG (i.e., to a number other than the pilot number), and that station is busy, hunting takes place from the accessed DN to the final member in the MHG. Non-hunting DNs are referred to as night numbers.

2. Circular Hunting

Circular hunting is a non-homing type hunt. When calls are directed to a hunting DN which is busy, hunting proceeds from the assessed DN to the final member of the MHG and then "wraps around" to the first member of the group. Each hunt proceeds in a fixed sequence through the group until an idle station is found or until the starting point is reached with all stations busy. If no idle stations are available, a busy tone is returned unless the Queuing option is equipped.

Circular hunting is supported in Systems equipped with Release 15 or later software.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF TRUNK HUNTING SERVICES (Continued) 3. Preferential Hunting

Preferential Hunting provides an alternate hunting sequence for some or all of the Hunting Directory Numbers (HDNs) in an MHG. If a call is directed to the pilot number of the MHG rather than to an HDN associated with a Preferential Hunting List, hunting proceeds through the group in a normal fashion. However, if a call is directed to an HDN which has a Preferential Hunting List assigned, and the HDN is busy, hunting occurs in a different or shortened order through the list. If all members on the Preferential Hunt List are busy, hunting may optionally return to the primary Hunt Group. If the option is not set up to return to the MHG, the calling party receives a busy tone. A common arrangement would be to have a secretarial phone serve as the preferential termination if an individual manager's phone is busy.

Members of Preferential Hunting Lists are also members of the primary hunt group. The effect of Preferential Hunting is only to alter the hunting sequence within the members of the group.


Monthly Rate

1) Regular (Linear) Hunting, per line in the trunk hunting group $ 5.00

2) Circular Hunting, per line in

the trunk hunting group $ 10.00

3) Preferential Hunting, per line in the trunk hunting group $ 8.00

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SPECIAL BILLING NUMBERS

Each special billing number $1.00 per month A special billing number plan may be furnished subscribers in order to associate originating long distance calls with specific stations, departments, projects, etc., at the rate specified above.

(D) | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE AND FOREIGN CENTRAL OFFICE SERVICE Foreign Exchange Service 1. Regulations

A. Foreign Exchange Service is exchange service furnished to a subscriber from an exchange other than the one from which he would normally be served.

B. Foreign Exchange Service is in connection with the provision of a foreign

exchange dial tone to a customer location in their normal serving exchange, or the extension of Centrex or ESSX-1 service off-premises station channels terminating in a foreign exchange.

C. Other services, equipment or facilities used in connection with Foreign Exchange

Service, except as otherwise indicated in this Tariff, are furnished subject to the rates and regulations applying in the foreign exchange from which the subscriber is served.

D. Foreign Exchange Service is furnished subject to the same restrictions as to the

use of the service by other than the subscriber and his representatives, as apply in connection with other classes of service.

E. Subscribers to Foreign Exchange Service are not required to subscribe to other

service in the exchange from which they would normally be served.

F. Where the serving Foreign Exchange is a multi-office exchange, Foreign Exchange Service will be provided from whichever central office would be most economical to the Company; if an applicant desires operation from a different central office and facilities are available therefore, foreign central office mileage charges will apply for the channel required between the Company-selected central office and the central office from which the applicant desires to be served.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE AND FOREIGN CENTRAL OFFICE SERVICE (Continued) Foreign Exchange Service (Continued) 2. Rates and Charges

A. Methods of Applying Rates

The rate for Foreign Exchange Service is the installation and monthly rate for usage-local channel plus mileage, specified in "Rates and Charges" following. For Centrex and ESSX-1 off-premises station channels the Centrex or ESSX-1 rate applicable within the Base Rate Area of the serving foreign exchange applies, and for residence customer the Individual Line Main Station rate for the serving foreign exchange applies, plus mileage and installation charges specified in "Rates and Charges" following and the nonrecurring charges specified in Section IV.

B. Interexchange Channels

Each exchange has a Serving Wire Center. Charges are based on the airline distance between Serving Wire Centers except:

1) Foreign Exchange Service from an Extended Area Service (EAS) group of

exchanges to another exchange (home exchange) either within the EAS group or not a part of the group will be measured from the principal Toll Center exchange of the EAS group, or if no Toll Center exists, from the principal Serving Wire Center of the group as determined by the Company. If the foreign exchange is part of more than one EAS group, mileage for the service will be measured to the principal Toll or Serving Wire Center which is most distant from the home exchange.

2) Interexchange extensions for answering purposes only when terminated in

secretarial switchboards or in instruments without a dial will be measured between the Rate Centers involved regardless of the EAS conditions existing. All other interexchange extensions will be rated as in 1) preceding.

3) Airline distance between Serving Wire Centers is determined as provided

in the Private Line Service Tariff.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE AND FOREIGN CENTRAL OFFICE SERVICE (Continued) Foreign Exchange Service (Continued) 2. Rates and Charges (Continued)

C. Interoffice Channel

1) When a customer requests Foreign Exchange Service from a Wire Center that is not the primary Wire Center, interoffice mileage charges apply. Charges are based on the airline distance between the primary Wire Center and the Wire Center from which the customer is served.

2) When a customer is located in a Wire Center in the foreign exchange that

is not the primary Wire Center, interoffice mileage charges apply. Charges are based on the airline distance between the primary Wire Center and the Wire Center serving the area where the customer is located.

D. In case the subscriber is located outside the Base Rate Area of the exchange

area from which he normally would be served, a Zone Charge as set out in "Zone Charges", Outside Base Rate Area will apply in addition to the foreign exchange mileage charge.

E. Provided facilities are available and technical equipment allows, extension

station service will be furnished in the foreign exchange. The charge quoted in Section V for channels for extension line applies for each station.

F. The Local Service rate of, and Long Distance rates to and from, main stations

or PBX Centrex and ESSX-1 systems connected for Foreign Exchange Service are the same as regularly apply to stations located in the foreign exchange area.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




G. Where Foreign Exchange Service is provided at a location outside the exchange area boundary of the exchange from which service is desired and said location is not within the exchange area of another exchange or where the applicant for Foreign Exchange Service is so located that it would be more economical to the Company to provide the Foreign Exchange Service direct form the foreign exchange to applicant's location by the extension or utilization of existing plant, the foreign exchange mileage charge will apply as follows.

For the distance from the applicant's location to the Rate Center of the foreign exchange area from which service is to be furnished a mileage charge as specified in "Rates and Charges" following apply.

H. Foreign Exchange Service may be furnished involving two areas of the

Company or involving an area of the Company and an area of a connecting company when the connecting company is willing to concur in arrangements for furnishing such service. Any additional charges made by another Telephone Company, or companies, in furnishing any facilities and service necessary to provide the said foreign exchange service will also apply.

I. For Centrex or ESSX-1 off-premises station channels, and Residence customers the

service charges for connections, move or change of service specified in Section IV apply in addition to the installation charge.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




I. (Continued)

1) Type 2045

a) Interexchange Channel including the Channel Terminals

(1) Per Channel Installation Monthly Charge Rate USOC

- 1st mile, in

this company’s exchange area $495.00 $76.00 1LH+4

- Ea. add'l mile or fraction thereof -- 1.75 1LH+6

(2) Interoffice Channel

including the Channel Terminations

- Per Channel

- 1st 1/4 mile -- 3.70 1LH+R - Ea. Add'l 1/4 mile or

fraction thereof -- .45 1LH+X

b) Usage

(1) Local Channelo

- Per Channel $300.00 $97.94 NA Note 1: Not applicable to Residence customers, and Centrex or ESSX-1 off-premises station channels. Usage charges are in addition to the mileage charges above.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES PRIORITY (TSP)

A. General

Priority installation and/or restoration of National Security Emergency Preparedness (NSEP) telecommunications services shall be provided in accordance with Part 64.401, Appendix A, of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Rules and Regulations.

In addition, TSP System service shall be provided in accordance with the guidelines set forth in “Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System for National Security Emergence Preparedness (NESP) Service Vendor Handbook” (NCSH 3-1-2) dated December 10, 2000, and “Telecommunications Service Priority System for National Security Emergency Preparedness Service User Manual” (NCSM 3-1-1)

The TSP System is a service, developed to meet the requirements of the Federal Government, as specified in the Service Vendor’s Handbook and Service User’s Manual which provides the regulatory, administrative and operational framework for the priority installation and/or restoration of NSEP telecommunications services. These include both Switched and Special Access services and/or other services provided by the Company that meet the TSP requirements. The TSP System applies only to NSEP telecommunications services, and requires and authorizes priority action by the Telephone Company providing such services.

The TSP System’s applicability is limited to those services which the Telephone Company can discreetly identify for priority provisioning and/or restoration.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY (TSP)

B. Application of Rates and Charges

1. A Telecommunications Service Priority charge applies when a request to provide or change a telecommunication service priority is received subsequent to the issuance of an Access Order or Service Order to install the service.

2. A Miscellaneous Service Order Charge will apply to Telecommunications

Service Priority requests that are ordered subsequent to the initial installation of the associated services in addition to all other charges.

3. A Telecommunications Service Priority charge does not apply when a

Telecommunication Service Priority is discontinued or when ordered coincident with an Order to install or change service.

4. Additional Labor rates may be applicable when provisioning or restoring

services with Telecommunication Service Priority.

5. When the customer requests an audit or a reconciliation of the Telephone Company’s Telecommunications Service Priority records, a Miscellaneous Service Order Charge and Additional Labor rates are applicable.






TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY (TSP) (Continued)

C. Rates and Charges Monthly Charge

A monthly maintenance fee is required per service arrangement, per code Maintenance fee

1) T-1 or Equivalent, each $ 50.00

2) Business, 1 party each $ 10.00

Non-Recurring Charge

1) Telecommunications Service Priority Charge Per Service arranged $ 54.63

2) Service Order Charge $ 76.00

3) Miscellaneous Service Order Charge

Per Occurrence $123.00

4) Service Date Change Charge - A Service Date Change Charge will apply, on a per order per occurrence basis, for each Service date changed. the Service Order Charge preceding does not apply. $ 60.00

5) Design Change Charge - The Design Change

Charge will apply on a per order per occurrence basis, for each order requiring design change. $ 84.00






TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PRIORITY (TSP) (Continued)

D. Additional Labor Periods Each Half Hour or Fraction Thereof


1) Installation or Repair Overtime, outside of normally scheduled working hours on a scheduled work day,

Per Technician $ 47.57*

2) Premium Time, outside of scheduled work day

Per Technician $ 63.42*

3) Stand by

a. Basic Time, normally scheduled Working hours, Per Technician $ 21.18*

b. Overtime, outside of normally

scheduled working hours on a scheduled work day, Per Technician $ 31.77*

c. Premium Time, outside of

scheduled work day, Per Technician $ 42.36*

* A call out of a Telephone Company employee at a time not consecutive with the employee’s schedule work period is subject to a minimum charge of four hours. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS PAGE IS NEW.





Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) (Continued)

D. Additional Labor Periods (Continued) Each Half Hour or Fraction Thereof

Installation Central Office And Repair Maintenance Technician Technician


4) Testing and Maintenance

with other Telephone Companies, or Other Labor

a. Basic Time, Per Technician

normally scheduled working hours $ 31.71 $ 34.66

b. Overtime, Per Technician outside of normally scheduled working hours on a scheduled work day $ 47.57* $ 51.99*

c. Premium Time, Per Technician

outside of scheduled work day $ 63.42* $ 69.32* * A call out of a Telephone Company employee at a time not consecutive with the employee’s schedule work period is subject to a minimum charge of four hours. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS PAGE IS NEW.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF PRIVATE LINE SERVICE Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Private Line Services rates, rules and regulations, except Section B3.2.2, as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their Private Line Services Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments or successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc., subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(T) (N)



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES OF EQUIPMENT Special assemblies of equipment consist of modification of standard equipment, or special equipment, or special equipment for service arrangements for which provision is not otherwise made in this tariff. They will be furnished, when practical, by the Company at charges equivalent to the estimated cost of furnishing such equipment and arrangements if in connection with and not detrimental to any of the services furnished under the Company’s tariffs. Rates Computation Rates for special assemblies are equivalent to the estimated costs of furnishing the special assembly. Estimated cost consists of an estimate of the total cost to the Company in providing the special assembly including: Cost of maintenance. Cost of operation. Depreciation on the estimated cost installed of any facilities used to provide the special assembly based on the anticipated useful service life of the facilities with an appropriate allowance for the estimated net salvage. General administration expenses, including taxes on the basis of average charges for these items. Any other item of expense associated with the particular situation. An amount, computed on the estimated cost installed of the facilities used to provide the special assembly, for return on investment. Estimated cost installed mentioned above includes cost of equipment and materials provided or used plus the estimated cost of installing, including engineering, labor, supervision, transportation, rights-of-way and other items which are chargeable to the capital accounts. In computing the rates for special assemblies, one of the three rate treatments is used:

1. Monthly rental and termination agreement with or without an installation charge.

2. Monthly rental with an installation charge.

3. Installation charge only.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00

Original Sheet 55


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF SPECIALIZED TYPES OF EQUIPMENT Specialized types of equipment not covered elsewhere in this tariff when requested by the customer, will be provided, when practical, by the Company, based on the cost of the equipment plus Company overhead.

Monthly rate will be determines in the following manner:

(1) Cost of equipment, times Company’s annual carrying charges, divided by twelve.

Installation charges will be based on actual costs.

These charges will be in addition to the class of service furnished and any applicable service connection charges.

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 55-A

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 55-A

Issue Date: 11/14/06 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 12/15/06 1309 Louisville Avenue Order Number: Monroe, LA 71202

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF N11 DIALING SERVICE 1. General

A. N11 services are available in specified areas, with Bay Springs Telephone Company (“Company”) for delivery of general information via voice grade facilities. 211 Dialing Service (“211") is a three digit local dialing arrangement for community information and referral services. 511 Dialing Service (“511") is a three digit local dialing arrangement for traffic and transportation information. 811 Dialing Service (“811") is a three digit local dialing arrangement accessing One Call Services to protect pipeline and utilities from excavation damage. Pursuant to Order 00-256, issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in CC Docket 92-105, the N11 subscriber must comply with any orders and rules pertaining to N11.

B. N11 services are available in Bay Springs Telephone Company Territory only.

To provide access to a N11 number to end users in BellSouth or other independent company territory or a CLECs end user within the local calling area, the N11 subscriber must make appropriate arrangements with the other independent company, BellSouth, or CLEC serving that territory.

C. The Local Calling Area of the N11 subscriber will be the Basic Local Calling

Area as defined in Section II of this Tariff, as facilities permit. If local calling areas are merged, and a N11 number exists in both areas, the N11 subscriber who established the N11 Service first in time will be entitled to retain the N11 number in the merged calling area.

D. This service is furnished subject to the availability of the N11 number.

E. N11 can be delivered via regular exchange access lines (by individual business

lines, PBX trunks, etc.)

F. Limitations and use of service as stated in Section VIII of this Tariff apply.

G. Directory Listings may be provided for N11 at rates and regulations as specified in Section V of this Tariff.

(T)

(T)

(N) | |

(N)

(T) (T)

(T) (T)

(T)

(T)

(T) | (T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 55-B

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 55-B


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 1. General (Continued)

H. Access to N11 is not available to the following classes of service:

1) Payphone Service Provider Telephone (PSPs) 2) Hotel/Motel/Hospital Service 3) 1+ 4) 0+, 0-(Credit Card, Third-Party Billing, Collect Calls) 5) Inmate Services 6) 101XXXX 7) Cellular-Type 2A

In addition, operator assisted calls to the N11 subscriber will not be completed.

I. The N11 subscriber is restricted from selling or transferring the N11 number to

an unaffiliated entity, either directly or indirectly.

J. An “affiliate” of a N11 subscriber is any entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the N11 subscriber. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, “controlled by, and under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise. If a N11 subscriber becomes an affiliate of or is acquired by another N11 subscriber through merger, acquisition, or otherwise, then the affiliated subscribers must surrender all but one N11 number within 6 months of the merger or acquisition.

K. N11 will not provide calling number information in real time to the N11

subscriber. If the N11 subscriber needs this type of information, the N11 subscriber must subscribe to a compatible Calling Number Identification service in Section V preceding.

L. Calls to a disconnected N11 number will be routed to intercept of the

announcement facilities for a maximum of 60 days, when the N11 provider is a Company subscriber. The announcement provided may refer the caller to another telephone number.

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T) (T)

(T) (T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 55-C

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 55-C


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions

A. All requests for N11 must be submitted in writing to the Mississippi Public Service Commission. The Commission will allocate N11 numbers in the BLCAs based upon requirements and/or standards established by the FCC.

B. Within 30 days of the number assignment, the N11 subscriber must initiate the

request for service. The Company will provision the subscriber’s order within a reasonable time, given the complexity of the order. The N11 subscriber will be billed the nonrecurring charge when the service is provisioned by the Company. If during this period, the N11 subscriber has failed to establish service or decides to discontinue service establishment, the N11 number will be recalled and the number will be considered available for reassignment as specified in A. Preceding. If the network has been provisioned for the subscriber, the nonrecurring charges will not be refunded or waived.

C. The N11 subscriber, must prior to provisioning of the service, sign a written

acknowledgment of possible recall of the N11 number by the FCC and an agreement to return the code upon receipt of 6 months written notice of such a recall from the Company and abide by all terms and conditions contained in Order 00-256 issued, any subsequent rules which may be identified by the FCC in CC Docket 92-105 regarding the use and return of such N11 codes. If a recall is affected, the Company will work with all N11 subscribers affected by such recall to transfer their service arrangements, to a 7 or 10-digit dialing arrangement within the 6 month notice period. The N11 subscriber will be required to migrate to any standard access arrangement for information services subsequently agreed to by the industry and approved by the FCC. The N11 subscriber will be charged the appropriate tariff rates for the establishment of the new access arrangement.

D. Only one 7 or 10-digit local number or one 10-digit toll free number may be used

as the lead number per basic local calling area. All central offices within a basic local calling area must be pointed to the same 7 or 10 digit local number or one 10-digit toll free number. Appropriate rates from Section II and IV of this Tariff apply.

(T)

(T) (T)

(T)

(T)

(T) (T)

(T) (T)

(T) (T)

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 55-D

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 55-D


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

E. The N11 Dialing Service is provided where facilities permit. F. The N11 subscriber should work separately with cellular companies to ascertain

whether Type 1 cellular customers will be able to reach community information and referral services provided by dialing N11.

G. The N11 subscriber should work separately with competitive local exchange

providers to ascertain that its end user customers will be able to reach community information and referral services provided by dialing N11.

H. N11 will be provided under the following conditions:

1) For network sizing and protection, the N11 subscriber must provide an

estimate of annual call volumes, the expected busy hour and holding time for each call to N11.

2) The customer will subscribe to adequate telephone facilities initially and

subsequently as may be required, in the judgement of the Company, to adequately handle calls to N11 without impairing the Company’s general telephone service or telephone plant. It will be the intent of the Company to provide facilities designed to provide a call blocking probability of one call per hundred during normal busy hours for N11 Dialing Service.

3) The N11 subscriber is responsible for obtaining all necessary permission,

licenses, written consents, waivers and releases and all other rights from all persons whose work, statements or performance are used in connections with the service, and from all holders of copyrights, trademarks, and patents used in connection with said service.

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 55-E

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 55-E


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

H. N11 will be provided under the following conditions (Continued):

4) The N11 subscriber shall be liable for, and shall indemnify, protect, defend

and save harmless the Company against all suits, actions, claims, demands and judgements, and of all costs, expenses and counsel fees incurred on account thereof, arising out of and resulting directly or indirectly from the service or in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, any loss, damage, expense or liability resulting from any infringement or claim of infringement, of any patent, trademark, copyright, or resulting from any claim of liable and slander.

5) Suspension of N11 Dialing Service is not applicable for this service.

6) The N11 subscriber shall respond promptly to any and all complaints

lodged with any regulatory authority against any service provided via N11. If requested by the Company, the N11 subscriber shall assist the Company in responding to complaints made to the Company concerning the subscriber’s N11 service.

7) A written notice will be sent to any N11 subscriber following oral

notification when their service unreasonably interferes with or impairs other services rendered to the public by the Company or by other subscribers of N11. If after notification the subscriber makes no modification in method of operation or in the service arrangements that are deemed service-protective by the Company, or if the subscriber is unwilling to accept the modifications, or if the subscriber continues to cause service impairment, the Company reserves the right, at any time, without further notice, to institute protective measure, up to and including termination of service. In an emergency situation as defined by the Company, the Company reserves the right, at any time, without notice, to institute protective measures up to and including termination of service.

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T) |

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 55-F

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 55-F



N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

I. If a pre-recorded announcement is provided by the N11 subscriber, the following conditions apply:

1) The N11 subscriber will provide announcements. The Company will

provide only the delivery of the call.

2) N11 subscriber’s sponsorship of any particular announcement of recorded program service shall not preclude another N11 subscriber from sponsoring the same or similar announcement or recorded program service.

3) The provision of access to the N11 network by the Company for the

transmission of announcement or recorded program services is subject to availability of such facilities and the requirements of the local exchange network.

4) The N11 subscriber assumes all financial responsibility for all costs

involved in providing announcement or recorded program services including, but not limited to, the recorder-announcement equipment producing the recording, advertising and promotional expenses.

5) The N11 subscriber assumes, according to other specific rates and charges

under tariff, all financial responsibility for all facilities required to connect the recorder-announcement equipment located on the subscriber’s premises.

J. The Company may take all legal and practical steps to disassociate itself from

N11 subscribers providing services whose business and/or public conduct (whether demonstrated or proposed) is a type that in the Company’s discretion generates unacceptable levels of complaints by end users.

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T) (T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 55-G




N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

K. In no event shall the Company be liable for any losses or damages of any kind resulting from the unavailability of its equipment or facilities or for any act, omission or failure or performance by the Company, or its employees, or agents, in connection with this Tariff. The Company shall not be responsible for calls that cannot be completed as a result of repair or maintenance difficulties on Company facilities and equipment nor on equipment owned or leased by the subscriber.

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 55-H

Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 55-H


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF N11 DIALING SERVICE (Continued) 3. Rates and Charges

A. Application of Rates

1) A Service Establishment charge shall apply per basic local calling area.

2) N11 subscribers will pay the normal tariffed charges for the local exchange access arrangements (e.g., PBX trunks, Centrex Type Services lines, etc.) used for transporting and termination messages at the N11 subscriber’s designated premises.

3) Applicable service order charges as specified in Section IV of the Tariff will

apply, in addition to the following rates.

4) A Central Office Activation charge will apply per central office switch translated to the lead number.

5) A charge will apply to changes to the point-to number at the subscriber’s

request, per N11 Dialing Service, per central office switch within the basic calling area.

B. Charges applicable to the N11 Dialing Service Subscriber

1) Service Establishment Charge Nonrecurring

Charge -Per Basic Local Calling Area $389.90

2) Central Office Activation

-Per Central Office $150.00

3) Change of Point-to Number by Subscriber

-Per Central Office $ 13.50

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

(T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 55-I

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 55-I

Issue Date: 5/2/06 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 6/1/06 P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422


711 DIALING CODE FOR TELEPHONE RELAY SERVICE (TRS) 1. General

A. 711 Dialing Code (A711") as a three digit local dialing arrangement for telephone voice transmission access to all relay service the entities as a toll free call. Pursuant to Order 00-257, issued by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in CC Docket 92-105 assigned 711 dialing code for nationwide access to TRS entities, to be implemented not later than October 1, 2001.

B. 711 is available from Bay Springs Telephone Company in Bay Springs Telephone

Company Territory only. To provide access to a 711 to end users in BellSouth Territory, or to a Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) end users within the local calling area, the TRS entity must make appropriate arrangements with BellSouth or the CLEC serving that territory. The TRS entity should work separately with competing local providers to ascertain that its end user customers will be able to reach relay services provided by dialing 711.

C. This service is subject to the availability of the 711 dialing code.

D. 711 can be delivered via regular exchange access lines (by individual business

lines, PBX trunks, etc.)

E. Limitations and use of service as stated in Section VIII of this tariff.

F. Directory Listings may be provided for 711 at rates and regulations as specified in Section V of this Tariff.

G. Access to 711 is not available to the following classes of service:

1) Hotel/Motel/Hospital Service 2) 1+ 3) 0+, 0-(Credit Card, Third-Party Billing, Collect Calls) 4) Inmate Services 5) 101XXXX 6) Cellular-Type 2A

In addition, operator assisted calls to the 711 subscriber will not be completed.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 55-J

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 55-J



711 DIALING CODE FOR TELEPHONE RELAY SERVICE (TRS) (Continued) 1. General (Continued)

H. The TRS entity is restricted from selling or transferring the 711 dialing code to

an unaffiliated entity, either directly or indirectly.

I An “affiliate” of a TRS entity is any entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the TRS entity. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling”, controlled by, and “under common control with”) means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of an entity, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

2. Service Requirements and Conditions

A. Requests for 711 Dialing Code must be submitted in writing to the Mississippi Public Service Commission, for the assignment of the 711 code.

B. Once the Commission has issued an order assigning the 711 code, within 30

calendar days of such number assignment, the TRS entity must submit a request to the Company. The Company will implement the TRS entity’s request within a reasonable time, given the complexity of the order.

If, during or at the end of the provisioning period, the TRS entity has failed to establish service or decides to discontinue service establishment, the 711 code will be recalled and the number will be considered available for reassignment as specified in A. preceding.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 55-K

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 55-K



711 DIALING CODE FOR TELEPHONE RELAY SERVICE (TRS) (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

C. The TRS entity must, prior to provisioning of the service, sign a written acknowledgment of possible recall of the 711 dialing code by the FCC and an agreement to return the code upon receipt of 6 months written notice of such a recall from the Company or regulating entity and abide by all terms and conditions which may be identified by the FCC in CC Docket 92-105 regarding the use and return of the 711 dialing code. If a recall is effected, the Company will work with the TRS entity affected by such recall to transfer their service arrangements, to a 7 or 10-digit dialing arrangement within the 6-month notice period. The TRS entity will be required to migrate to any access arrangement the telephone relay services subsequently agreed to by the industry and approved by the FCC. The TRS entity will be charged the appropriate tariff rates for the establishment of the new access arrangement.

D. Only one 10-digit toll free number may be used as the lead number per basic

local calling area.

E. The 711 Dialing Code is provided where facilities permit.

F. TRS entity should work separately with cellular companies to ascertain their end user customers will be able to reach telephone relay services provided by dialing 711.

G. TRS entity should work separately with competitive local exchange companies to

ascertain their end user customers will be able to reach telephone relay services provided by dialing 711.

H. 711 Dialing Code will be provided under the following conditions:

1) For network sizing and protection, the TRS entity must provide an estimate

of annual call volumes, the expected busy hour and holding time for each call to the 711 dialing code.

2) The TRS entity will subscribe to adequate telephone facilities initially and

subsequently as may be required, in the judgement of the Company, to adequately handle calls to 711 without impairing the Company’s general telephone service or telephone plant.



TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 55-L

Issue Date: 5/02/06 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 6/01/06 P. O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF 711 DIALING CODE FOR TELEPHONE RELAY SERVICE (TRS) (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

H. 711 Dialing Code will be provided under the following conditions (Continued):

3) The TRS entity is responsible for obtaining all necessary permission, licenses, written consents, waivers, releases and all other rights from all persons whose work, statements or performance are used in connection with the 711 dialing code, and from all holders of copyrights, trademarks, and patents used in connection with said service.

4) The TRS entity is responsible for, and shall indemnify, protect, defend and

save harmless the Company against all suits, actions, claims, demands and judgements, and of all costs, expenses and counsel fees incurred on account thereof, arising out of and resulting directly or indirectly from the service or in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, any loss, damage, expense or liability resulting from any infringement or claim of infringement, of any patent, trademark, copyright, or resulting from any claim of liable and slander.

5) The TRS entity shall respond promptly to any and all complaints lodged

with any regulatory authority against any service provided via 711. If requested by the Company, the TRS entity shall assist the Company in responding to complaints made to the Company concerning the 711 dialing code.

6) A written notice will be sent to any TRS entity following oral notification

when their service unreasonably interferes with or impairs other services rendered to the public by the Company. If after notification the TRS entity makes no modification in method of operation or in the service arrangements that are deemed service-protective by the Company, or if the TRS entity is unwilling to accept the modifications, or if the TRS entity continues to cause service impairment, the Company reserves the right, at any time, without further notice, to institute protective measure, up to and including termination of service. In an emergency situation as defined by the Company, the Company reserves the right, at any time, without notice, to institute protective measures up to and including termination of service.



TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 55-M

Issue Date: 5/02/06 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 6/01/06 P. O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF 711 DIALING CODE FOR TELEPHONE RELAY SERVICE (TRS) (Continued) 2. Service Requirements and Conditions (Continued)

I. If a pre-recorded announcement is provided by the TRS entity, the following conditions apply:

1) The TRS entity will provide announcements. The company will provide only

the delivery of the call.

2) The provision of access to the 711 network by the Company for the transmission of announcement is subject to availability of such facilities and the requirements of the local exchange network.

3) The TRS entity assumes all financial responsibility for all costs involved in

providing announcement including, but not limited to, the recorder-announcement equipment located on the TRS entity’s premises.

4) The TRS entity assumes, according to other specific rates and charges

under tariff, all financial responsibility for all facilities required, to connect the recorder-announcement equipment located on the TRS entity’s premises.

J. The Company may take all legal and practical steps to disassociate itself from

TRS entity providing services whose business and/or public conduct (whether demonstrated or proposed) is of a type that in the Company’s discretion generates unacceptable levels of complaints by end users.

K. In no event shall the Company be liable for any losses or damages of any kind

resulting from the unavailability of its equipment or facilities or for any act, omission or failure or performance by the Company, or its employees, or agents, in connection with this Tariff. The Company shall not be responsible for calls that cannot be completed as a result of repair or maintenance difficulties on Company facilities and equipment nor on equipment owned or leased by the TRS entity.


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 56 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 56-56.2

Issue Date: 4/7/11 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 5/8/11 236 East Capitol St. Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201


TEC ANNOUNCE 1. General

TEC Announce is a mass announcement service that enables the user to automate calling a typically large number of contacts, and playing them a pre-recorded announcement. TEC Announce allows the option to configure multiple contact lists which can be started and stopped independently.

2. Service Features

A. TEC Announce Service Administrator can determine the call attempts per contact up to 5 (five) attempts. TEC Announce will stop when all contacts have been called successfully, or when the end date and time is reached, or when TEC Announce has attempted to call the remaining unsuccessful contacts the maximum number of times set.

B. TEC Announce Service Administrator can set time between retries. The amount

of time in minutes between call attempts for a single contact is from 60 to 1440 minutes.

C. TEC Announce Service Administrator can disable call forwarding to the contact

which prevents the call from being subsequently forwarded. D. TEC Announce Service contact lists may specify time zones and permitted

calling times, delay start date and time, and stop calling date and time.

E. TEC Announce audio files allow the user to upload files in MP3 or WAV formats for the announcement to be played by the TEC Announce Service. The announcement is limited to 60 (sixty) seconds. Customer must provide MP3 or WAV compatible equipment.

F. When a substantial call volume is expected during a short period of time,

customer must notify Telephone Company at least 2 hours in advance. The Telephone Company may invoke network management control, (e.g., call gapping and code blocking) to reduce the probability of excessive network congestion. Emergency services will maintain priority in such cases.

(N) (N)


Issue Date: 4/7/11 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 5/8/11 236 East Capitol St. Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF TEC ANNOUNCE (CONT’D) 3. Rates and Charges

Toll charges are in addition to any monthly charges for the TEC Announce Service. Monthly - No Contract Required Per Month

A. Level One - One call list with up to 100 contacts $79.95

B. Level Two - Two call lists for a total of 250 contacts 99.95

shared across the two lists C. Level Three - Three to Five call lists for a total of 500 contacts shared 119.95 D. Additional Contacts over 500 - increments of 150 19.95 TEC Announce with a 12-Month Service Agreement Per Month

A. Level One - One call list with up to 100 contacts $49.95

B. Level Two - Two call lists for a total of 250 contacts 69.95 shared across the two lists

C. Level Three - Three to Five call lists for a total of

500 contacts shared 89.95

D. Additional Contacts over 500 - increments of 150 9.95

(N) (N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 56.2 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 56.2 - 56.23

Issue Date: 9/20/11 Issued By: James Garner Vice President 236 East Capitol St. Effective Date: 10/21/11 Jackson, MS 39201


CONFERENCE ON DEMAND

1. General

Conference on Demand service is a special telephone facility by which three or more people using conventional or cellular phones can be linked up to speak to one another. It offers the ability for participants in different locations to hold a conference by phone.

2. Service Features

A. Conference on Demand can be initiated with toll free or local numbers.

B. The Company will assign conference dial-in numbers, hosting codes, and

participant codes.

C. The Conference on Demand Host may restrict the number of participants on the call. The maximum amount of participants for each conference call is 100.


Per Month Per Participant Per Minute

A. Conference on Demand $ 9.99 Local Call-In Participants $0.025

Toll Free Call-In Participants $0.15


(N)

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 56.3 - 56.23

Issue Date: 9/20/11 Issued By: James Garner Vice President 236 East Capitol St. Effective Date: 10/21/11 Jackson, MS 39201



Material on this page formerly appeared on Section V, 2nd Revised Sheet 56.2 – 56.23.


Issue Date: Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: Monroe, LA


EMPLOYEES’ SERVICE

Rates Discount of 100% 1. A 100% concession is made for employees’ telephone service for the provision of standard residence exchange service only. 2. No concessions will be made to employees for message toll telephone service. 3. Service may be furnished by the company at its expense in the residence of

employees, when in its judgement, the interests of the company in rendering continuous service to the public will be advanced, and shall be limited to employees who are frequently contacted at their residence outside of regular office hours, concerning affairs relating to the business of the company.

Conditions 1. Employees’ telephone service, at their residence, is available to employees of the

company having at least three months continuous credited service with the company. This service is not available when the employee resides in a boarding and/or rooming house.

2. One primary listing may be provided in the name of the employee (except that the listing of a married woman may be in her or her husband’s name).

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 57-A

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 57-A

Issue Date: 5/21/13 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 7/1/13 Jackson, MS


RETURNED CHECK CHARGE When payment in the form of a bank check or bank draft for services rendered is returned to the company, the customer will be assessed a service charge not exceeding that which is permitted by applicable law. Pursuant to Section 97-19-57, Mississippi Code of 1972, the Company will apply a returned check charge of Forty Dollars ($40.00) for each check or draft that is not accepted by the subscriber’s financial institution on which the check or draft is written.

(T)

(I)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 58


Issued Date: 11/14/06 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 12/15/06 1309 Louisville Avenue Order Number: Monroe, LA 71202


DUAL PARTY RELAY SERVICE Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Dual Party Relay Service rates, rules and regulations as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments or successive issue thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancels this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc., subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(T) (T)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheets 58-A - 58-K

Cancels Original Sheets 58-A - 58-K

Issued Date: 3/11/08 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 4/10/08 1100 North 18th Street, 2nd Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 59




WEB SELF CARE Regulations Web Self Care service enables the customer to monitor and reconfigure his private line and DS1 level services without direct interaction with the company personnel.

1. The customer may monitor details of recently dialed, received and missed calls.

2. Reconfiguration provides the customer with the ability to direct the Company to connect or disconnect circuits equipped with Web Self Care service options to or from other of like kind at a central office or central offices where the customer has purchased Web Self Care service. Such connections and disconnections may be performed immediately or at a future time prescribed by the customer and are performed without direct interaction by Company personnel. The Company shall not be responsible for service interruptions, troubles, loss of customer data, or any other losses resulting from attempted invalid connections.

3. The customer is responsible for providing the terminal equipment required for

access to Web Self Care service.

4. The customer may transmit reconfiguration directions to or receive monitoring information from the Company over a web access service.

5. With the customer’s initial order for basic Web Self Care service, the Company

provides the capability for one connection to the Company for the communication of monitoring and reconfiguration signals. This capability is referred to in this Tariff as access to Web Self Care service or “User Access”. One customer identification code with password security is included with such access.

6. Reconfiguration and monitoring are not available during the performance of

routine maintenance of the Company’s facilities and equipment used to Web Self Care service.

7. The regulations and rates specified herein are in addition to the applicable

regulations and rates specified in other sections of this Tariff. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF WEB SELF CARE (Continued) Web Self Care is furnished only in serving wire centers where facilities are available. Requirements for Access Web Self Care service enables the customer to monitor and reconfigure his private line and DS1 level services without direct interaction with Company Personnel.

1. Web Access - the Customer must provide a personal computer (pc) that has a standard web browser. The customer will be provided a web address to establish a port connection to Web Self Care service.

2. Web Self Care service employs a multilevel security system to ensure the privacy

of customer networks. To access the network controller, a customer must enter a log-in ID and password.

Rates and Charges

Web Self Care Service (Market TECMsg.com) Monthly Business, per arrangement $ 39.95 Residence, per arrangement $ 29.95 Non-Recurring Charge, per arrangement $125.00


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 60-A








GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF UNIFIED MESSAGING SERVICE General Unified Messaging is a communications service that provides a single mailbox where you can receive and manage multiple types of messages, including email, voice mail, and faxes. The Unified Messaging mailbox can be accessed from anywhere on the Web, via an email client such as Microsoft Outlook, or from any touchtone telephone. Unified Messaging is furnished only in serving wire centers where facilities are available. Unified Messaging functions as a conventional voicemail system supporting greeting recording, message retrieval and forwarding by phone, and message waiting indication. Features and Functions

1. Visual Voicemail provides the ability to skip, listen, delete, forward or save your messages.

2. When integrated with CommPortal users can instantly access missed calls, dialed calls, etc., through the online call logs.

3. Phone access allows retrieval of voicemail. When equipped with optional text-to-speech functionality, the Unified Messaging system can read emails over the phone.

4. Web access enables subscribers to view the entire contents of their unified mailbox, and to selectively read emails, view faxes and listen to voice messages (via their PC’s media player).

5. Email client access enables subscribers with a POP3 or IMAP client such as microsoft Outlook to receive emails, voicemails and fax messages direct to their inbox.

6. Find-Me/Follow-Me service enables users to always be in touch with advanced call routing. For example, if someone calls on your office phone you can be alerted on your wireless phone when you’re out and about that you have a new message waiting.

Rates and Charges

Unified Messaging, Per Account Monthly Non-Recurring Residence $10.95 $25.00 Business $14.95 $50.00






AUTO ATTENDANT General The Auto Attendant service is ideal for subscribers that want to provide an automated means of directing incoming calls to the appropriate person within the organization. Auto Attendant is furnished only in serving wire centers where facilities are available. Auto Attendant is furnished only in serving wire centers where facilities are available. Features and Functions

1. A hierarchy of Interactive Voice Response (IVR) menus that enables callers to choose from a list of options. These options direct the caller to the most appropriate department or person within the organization to handle that type of call, or to a number outside the Business Group if appropriate.

2. A schedule of business hours, holidays or seasonal events that controls the presentation of IVR menus, so that a different set of announcements and menus can be presented outside business hours and during holidays.

3. A cut-through call routing capability that enables a caller to dial direct to a person in the organization by dialing the appropriate extension number.

4. A dial-by-name capability that enables a caller to dial direct to a person in the organization by entering the first few letters of the person’s name.

5. Web Self Care with a Telephone Administrator Interface service is available at an additional charge. These enables an administrator to set-up and configure the menu structure, the associated announcements, and the schedule information. Online Graphical Reports clearly identity the flow of call traffic.






AUTO ATTENDANT (Continued) Rates and Charges

The following rates and charges are in addition to the local line access rate for the service provided.

Auto Attendant, per line equipped Monthly Non-Recurring

Business $ 39.95 $125.00 Residence $ 29.95 $125.00

Web Self Care with Telephone Administrator Interface

Business $ 49.95 $125.00 Residence $ 39.95 $125.00

MUSIC ON HOLD General Music On Hold plays music or recorded announcements (media Resources) to callers who are placed on hold or held in a queue when calling a Business. Rates and Charges

Monthly Non-Recurring Business $ 49.95 $125.00






SIMRING SimRing is available on Individual Business Group Lines and PBXs. It is not available on PBX DID numbers. This service provides a way for subscribers to configure additional numbers (up to a maximum of 32) which will ring as well as the subscriber’s own number, any of which can answer the call. The SimRing service always rings the subscriber’s own number. They may also configure one or more additional numbers that will ring simultaneously, such as configuring calls to the customer’s home phone number as well as ringing to their mobile phone. FIND-ME-FOLLOW-ME Find-me-follow-me is available on Individual Business Group Lines and PBXs. It is not available on PBX DID numbers. This service provides a way for subscribers to configure additional numbers that will be rung instead of or as well as the subscriber’s own number, any of which can answer the call. A pre-defined order is used to determine which number(s) to ring next. Once one number has answered the call, the ringing on the other configured numbers is stopped. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.




Issue Date: 1/23/12 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 2/23/12 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201 (T)

(T)

SIP Feature Service - Business - Option 1 Platform Add-On Only 1. General

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is an array of network gear including IP phones, IP PBXs, servers, and media getaways. SIP is the Application Layer protocol for the establishment, modification and termination of conferencing and telephony sessions over an IP-network. SIP provides much faster and scalable services to meet the customer’s specific needs.

2. Package Definitions

Class Features

A. Call Waiting B. Call Forwarding C. Call Return D. V-Mail Plus Package (per mailbox) E. Call Forwarding Busy F. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer G. Personal Ringing (Ring 3) H. Three-way Calling I. Call Transfer J. Speed Calling 30 Code K. SimRing L. Direct-Inward-Dialing (DID) M. Music on Hold (Requires customer premise

equipment to supply the music source.) N. Find-me-follow-me (TEC-Track) O. Auto Attendant P. Unified Messaging (TEC Message)

(D) (T)





SIP Feature Service - Business - Option 1 Platform Add-On Only (Continued) 3. SIP Feature Services Package - Business Only

Bundled SIP Feature Package and Caller ID Enhanced are only available with a Hosted SIP Platform bundle provided by the unregulated Company. The Bundled SIP Feature Services Package includes all features in 2. above.

A. Bundled SIP Feature Services Package $ 4.00

B. Caller-ID Enhanced per call path $10.00 (added to above SIP bundle)

(T)




Issue Date: 1/23/12 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 2/23/12 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: Jackson, MS 39201 (T)

(T)

SIP Feature Service - Residential - Single Line Add-On 1. General

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is an array of network gear including IP phones. SIP is the Application Layer protocol for the establishment, modification and termination of conferencing and telephony sessions over an IP-network. SIP provides much faster and scalable services to meet the customer’s specific needs. Residential SIP Feature Service is a non-hosted platform service.


Class Features

A. Call Waiting B. Call Forwarding C. Call Return D. V-Mail Plus Package E. Call Forwarding Busy F. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer G. Three-way Calling H. Call Transfer I. SimRing J. Find Me-Follow Me (TEC Track) K. Unified Messaging (TEC Message) L. Personal Ringing M. Caller ID Enhanced

This SIP Bundle can be added to any residential access line, at the following rates.

(D) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 67.1




SIP Feature Service – Residential – Single Line Add-On (Continued) 3. SIP Feature Services Package – Residence Only

Bundled SIP Feature Package, Auto Attendant, and Music-on-Hold listed below require the bundled feature package. The Bundled SIP Feature Services Package includes all features in 2. above.

A. Bundled SIP Feature Services Package $ 5.00

B. Auto Attendant, per line $ 4.95

(added to above SIP Feature Package)

C. Music-on-Hold, per line $ 4.95 (added to above SIP Feature Package) Requires customer premise equipment to supply the music source.

D. Additional Voice Mail Plus Mailboxes $ 2.95

(R)




(T)

(T)

SIP Feature Service - Business Option 2 - Single Line Add-On - (Continued) 1. General

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is an array of network gear including IP phones, servers, and media getaways. SIP is the Application Layer protocol for the establishment, modification and termination of conferencing and telephony sessions over an IP-network. SIP provides much faster and scalable services to meet the customer’s specific needs. Business Option 2 Single Line Add-On SIP Feature Service is a non-hosted platform service.


Class Features

A. Call Waiting B. Call Forwarding C. Call Return D. V-Mail Plus Package (per mailbox) E. Call Forwarding Busy F. Call Forwarding Don’t Answer G. Three-way Calling H. Call Transfer I. SimRing J. Find-me-follow-me (TEC Track) K. Unified Messaging (TEC Message) L. Personal Ringing M. Caller ID Enhanced

This SIP Bundle can be added to any Business single access line, at the following rates.

(D) (T)




SIP Feature Service - Business Option 2 - Single Line Add-On (Continued) 3. SIP Feature Services Package - Business Option 2 - Single Line Add-On Only

Bundled SIP Feature Package, Caller ID Enhanced, Auto Attendant, and Music-on-Hold are available with the bundled feature package. This Bundled SIP Feature Services Package includes all features in 2. above.

A. Bundled SIP Feature Services Package $15.00

B. Auto Attendant, per line $14.95

(added to above SIP Feature Package)

C. Music-on-Hold, per line $14.95 (added to above SIP Feature Package) Requires customer premise equipment to supply the music source.

D. Additional Voice Mail Plus Mailboxes

Each additional mailbox $ 2.95

(R)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-A

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-A

Issue Date: 06/01/15 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President (T) Effective Date: 09/30/15 236 E. Capitol Street (T) Order Number: Jackson, MS 39206 (T)

LOCAL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Local Directory Assistance Service rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies. OPERATOR ASSISTED LOCAL CALLS AND LOCAL CALLING CARD SERVICE CALLS Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Operator Assisted Local Calls and Local Calling Card Service Calls rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(D)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-B

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-B



INTRA-LATA LONG DISTANCE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Intra-LATA Long Distance Directory Assistance Service rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies. INTRA-LATA LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR ASSISTED REQUIRING TELEPHONE NUMBER ASSISTANCE Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Intra-LATA Distance Operator Service Requiring Telephone Number Assistance rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(D)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-C

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-C


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF LONG DISTANCE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE - INTRASTATE - INTERLATA Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Long Distance Operator Service Requiring Telephone Number Assistance rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by AT&T Communications of the South Central States in their General Services Price List, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies. LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR SERVICE REQUIRING TELEPHONE NUMBER ASSISTANCE - INTRASTATE - INTERLATA Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs with the Long Distance Directory Assistance Service rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by AT&T Communications of the South Central States in their General Services Price List, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(D)

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 67-D

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 67-D


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF TOLL OPERATOR SURCHARGES Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs in the Toll Operator Surcharges rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 67-E

Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 67-E


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE Concurrence Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. concurs in the standard Wide Area Telecommunications Service (WATS) rates, rules and regulations governing such communications as posted by BellSouth Telephone Company in their General Exchange Price List found at http://cpr.bellsouth.com, together with any amendments of successive issues thereof, and makes itself a party to such rates, rules and regulations until this concurrence is revoked or cancelled by either party. Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such a cancellation is in the best interest of Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies.

(T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-F

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-F



(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 67-G



GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF PAYPHONE ACCESS LINES 1. General

Payphone Access Lines provides telephone service to a customer-leased or owned payphone with or without coin collecting devices. A payphone access line permits providers of such service to provide pay telephone service to the public.

2. Definitions

A. Coin Supervision - provides signaling capability from the central office for payphone that do not have signaling capability within the telephone. This signaling capability provides operators and/or operator systems coin control.

B. Customer - for the purposes of this tariff, the Customer is the payphone

service provider.

C. Network Interface Device - a company-provided jack or its equivalent. It is the point of connection between the Company owned wiring and wiring owned by the customer. For the purposes of this tariff, the network interface device will be installed at a location mutually agreed upon by the customer and the Company.

D. Originating Line Screening (OLS) - enables operator service providers

to determine whether there are billing restrictions on the exchange access line from which a call originates. OLS service delivers codes on operator assisted calls to identify calls originating from privately owned payphones, inmate locations, and hotels/motels, etc. Rates for this service are found in the appropriate interstate access tariff, when facilities and services are available.

E. Payphone Access Line - a basic coin transmission dial tone line. It is a

line side connection from the local exchange switch to the point of demarcation at the customer premises.

(T) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-H

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-H


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF PAYPHONE ACCESS LINES (Continued) 3. Rules and Regulations

A. Payphone Access Line service will be considered a business service for the purpose of applying terms, rates and conditions found elsewhere in this tariff.

B. Only one payphone instrument may be connected to each payphone access

line. Off-premise extensions are not permitted.

C. The customer shall be responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of any payphone instrument used in connection with this service.

D. Requests to Directory Assistance Service originated from payphones will

be charged the applicable rate of the Directory Assistance Service Provider.

E. Directory listings may be provided under the regulations that govern the

furnishing of listings for business customers.

F. Coin-free operator and emergency 911 access must be available from all payphones.

G. One directory will be distributed to the customer without charge for each

payphone access line.

H. The customer is responsible for the provision of booths, shelves, directories and all ancillary equipment.

I. The customer shall be responsible for the payment of charges for all local

and toll messages originating from or accepted at this type of service, including any directory assistance calls. The Company shall not be liable for shortages of coins collected and deposited at the customer's payphone instrument.

J. The Company reserves the right to disconnect service when the customer

does not comply with the FCC and state rules and regulations related to payphone access lines and equipment.

K. The Multiline Business Subscriber Line Charge, as found in the interstate

access services tariff, is applicable to all payphone access lines.

(T) (T)


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 6th Revised Sheet 67-I

Cancels 5th Revised Sheet 67-I


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF PAYPHONE ACCESS LINES (Continued) 4. Rates and Charges

Access line service for payphone access is provided from stored program control central offices on a flat rate basis where facilities are available.

A. Monthly Charges Per Access Line


Rate Charge

1) Access line basic rate,* See Area Calling Plan Rates in Section II of this tariff.#

2) The following access line

feature charge is applicable in addition to the monthly charges in 1) above.

- Payphone access line

(unrestricted, outward), each $ - - Payphone access line

(restricted1, two way), each 2.00 - Payphone access line

(restricted1,2, two way), each 3.00 - Payphone access line

(restricted1,2,3, two way), each 4.00 - Payphone access line

(restricted1,2,4, two way), each 3.00

3) Originating Line Screening (OLS) $ 7.95 4) Coin Supervision 3.00

* Installation, moves and change charges will be those applicable to business service. # Payphone Access Lines for "dumb" payphones are grandfathered and restricted to existing services as of 1/1/98. No new service will be offered. Note 1: Provides operator screening. Note 2: Provides central office blocking of 011 + calls direct distance dialed to numbers outside the North American Numbering Plan. Note 3: 1+900, 7 digit local, 1+DDD, 999 and 976 are blocked from completion. Note 4: 1+900, 1+DDD, and 976 are blocked from completion.

(C) (C)


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 67-J

Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 67-J


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

1. Advanced Digital Services are a public network-based set of communications services that make it possible to send, receive, and modify information using regular telephone lines. These services are based on the National Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) standards. ISDN provides end-to-end digital communications and gives the ability to transmit data and voice over the same telephone line simultaneously (a user can send information from a personal computer and talk to the person on the other end of the line at the same time). This functionality is provided via channelized transport facilities. The ISDN architecture consists of digital central office switching systems which connect Basic Rate Interface (BRI) lines to customers' premises.

2. Advanced Digital Services BRI is an optional service arrangement that can be

used in conjunction with a customer’s residential service, individual business line or Centrex service. It uses the ISDN architecture to provide the customer with the capability to transmit voice and data simultaneously over the same digital line. Under various optional arrangements, BRI provides the customer with access to Circuit-Switched Voice Services, Circuit-Switched Data Services, and Packet-Switched Data Services.

3. An Advanced Digital Services BRI arrangement obtains its capabilities from

an ISDN-capable, Telephone Company central office switch. The BRI ISDN arrangement provides two communications channels (but using only one physical line) between a telephone (or computer, fax machine or other equipment) and the digital central office. These channels are called Bearer, or B Channels. Another channel, called the Delta or D Channel, is used for signaling purposes and in some applications can be used for low speed packet data communications. The complete BRI ISDN line is known as 2B+D.

a. B Channel - The B Channel is a bidirectional synchronous channel

capable of supporting digital transmission speeds of 64 kilobits per second (kbps). Each B Channel may be configured in one of the following ways:

1) Circuit-Switched Voice - Allows the user to originate and receive

only voice calls over a single circuit-switched B Channel. 2) Circuit-Switched Data - Allows the user to originate and receive

only data calls over a single circuit-switched B Channel. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-K

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-K


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION (Continued)

3. (Continued)

a. (Continued)

3) Alternate Circuit-Switched Voice/Data - Allows the user to originate and receive either voice calls or data calls over a single circuit-switched B Channel, but not simultaneously.

4) B Channel Packet-Switched Data Service - Allows the user to originate and receive X.25 packet data calls on the B Channel.

b. D Channel - The D Channel is a 16 kbps digital signaling channel that

carries signaling and control for the B Channels. The D Channel may optionally be used to transmit X.25 packet data at a maximum transmission throughput of 9.6 kbps.

4. All Advanced Digital Services lines consist of central office facilities (including

outside plant facilities) extended from the Telephone Company's switching equipment to the customer’s demarcation point.

5. Directory Numbers

a. Primary Directory Number - Each Advanced Digital Services Line

includes a single primary telephone directory number. On a given 2B+D Advanced Digital Services line, calls are routed to the appropriate terminal device (voice telephone, computer/data terminal or packet device) based on the type of call (voice, data or packet) presented to the Advanced Digital Services line.

b. Secondary Directory Numbers - An Advanced Digital Services line

may have additional telephone directory numbers. The additional telephone number(s) may originate or receive calls independent of the user’s Primary Directory Number; however, each B Channel is allowed only one simultaneous circuit connection at a time.



BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-L

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-L


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) B. CIRCUIT SWITCHING SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS

Circuit Switching is a switching arrangement in which an entire circuit or, in a digital switch equipped for ISDN, a specific selection of channels is dedicated to a given call. Circuit-Switched Service provides the ability to originate and receive circuit-switched voice and/or data calls over a 64 kbps B Channel. The customer may choose among the following Circuit-Switched features based upon application needs:

1. Clear Channel Capability - A characteristic of the transmission paths on

the B Channels that allows the full bandwidth of 64 kbps to be available to the customer. It is also possible to bridge two B Channels together to achieve data transmission speeds of 128 kbps. However, ISDN interconnection to or through non-ISDN equipped central offices will potentially be subjected to analog transmission or sub-rated to 56 kbps per channel.

2. Additional Call Offering - This feature allows the user to be notified of an

additional call when the telephone set is busy. Similar to conventional Call Waiting, multiple incoming calls to a directory number or secondary telephone number (if purchased) can be terminated to the telephone.

3. Multiline Hunt Service - This feature allows incoming calls to a busy

directory number to search through a predetermined list of directory numbers. This may be another Advanced Digital Services directory number on the same (or a different) B Channel or (for voice calls) an analog line. The hunting arrangement may be series completion, linear or circular.

4. Call Pick-Up - This feature allows the user to dial a special code (or depress a

feature button) to answer calls directed to other stations. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 67-M

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 67-M


GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) B. CIRCUIT SWITCHING SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS (Continued)

5. Custom Calling Services - Applicable Custom Calling Services (except for those superseded by Advanced Digital Services counterparts) are available at rates and charges specified in the Custom Calling Services section of the Company's tariff. The following Custom Calling features found specifically in this tariff will be charged at rates shown on the Advanced Digital Services Rate Schedule:

a. Call Hold - This feature allows the user to place a call on hold by

pressing the appropriate button on the telephone set.

b. Three-Way Calling - This feature allows the user to add a third party to an existing voice call and thus enables a conference between parties at multiple locations. The user may also disconnect the last party added by depressing the appropriate button on the telephone set. The Additional Call Offering feature or Additional Call Appearances feature is a prerequisite.

c. Call Transfer - This feature allows the user to transfer a voice call to

another directory number. The Additional Call Offering feature or Additional Call Appearances feature is a prerequisite.

d. Conference Calling - Six-Way Station Controlled - This feature

allows the user to set up a conference call for up to 6 parties (including the originator of the call). The Additional Call Offering feature or Additional Call Appearances feature is a prerequisite.

e. Call Forwarding - This feature allows calls to be redirected from one

station to another station. When Call Forwarding is activated, the telephone set provides a visual indication to the user.



BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 67-M.1



6. Advanced Calling Services - Advanced Calling Services (also called CLASS services) are available at rates and charges specified in the Custom Calling Services section of the Company's tariff.

a. Automatic Callback/Monitoring - Also called Repeat Dialing, this

feature extends the concept of the Automatic Callback feature to calls originated at Advanced Digital Services lines. When the calling party encounters a busy condition with the called party, the calling party can request that the switch monitor the called party. When the called party is no longer busy, the switch will notify the calling party of this condition. The calling party may then respond to instructions on the display of the telephone set to complete the call.

b. Caller ID - Number - This feature allows the calling party's directory

number to be displayed on a properly equipped telephone set.

c. Caller ID - Name - This feature (where available) allows the listed name of the calling party (along with the callers number) to be displayed on a properly equipped telephone set. Customer has to subscribe to Caller ID - Number to be able to receive this feature.

7. Centrex Features - Applicable Centrex features (except for those superseded

by Advanced Digital Services counterparts) are available at rates and charges specified in the Centrex section of the Company's tariff.






8. Electronic Key Telephone Service (EKTS) - Electronic Key Telephone Service is a central office based key system implementation that requires no switching equipment on the customer’s premise. EKTS provides the customer with the ability to access the following features (where available):

a. Multiple Appearance Directory Numbers - This feature allows a

directory number(s) from one EKTS set to appear on the EKTS sets of other users.

b. Additional Call Appearances - This feature allows the same directory

number to appear more than once (by assigning the directory number to additional buttons) on a customers telephone set, allowing the capability of multiple incoming or outgoing calls associated with that directory number. For EKTS users, this feature provides the same functionality as Additional Call Offering (or analog Call Waiting).

c. Analog Line Appearances - This feature allows analog users' directory

numbers to appear on an EKTS set, thereby allowing the EKTS user to provide call coverage for analog users. It may limit the use of other features and/or functionality on analog lines.

d. Bridging - This feature allows more than one EKTS set in the Multiple

Appearance Directory Number group to be active on the same call simultaneously.

e. Automatic Bridged Call Exclusion (Privacy on Answer) - This

feature allows only one user to answer an incoming call, thereby preventing bridging on incoming calls. On a call by call basis, this feature can be disabled via Privacy (Manual Exclusion) to allow bridging to occur.

f. Privacy (Manual Exclusion) - This feature allows the user to press a

feature button which will restrict other stations from bridging onto an existing call that is active at that station or picking up an existing call on hold. A user who has the Automatic Bridged Call Exclusion feature can press the Privacy button to disable Automatic Bridged Call Exclusion and thereby allow bridging to occur on a given call.






8. Electronic Key Telephone Service (EKTS) (Continued)

g. Intercom Calling - This feature allows for EKTS station-to-station calls. Intercom calls can be made by pressing an intercom button and dialing one or two digits.

h. Display Capability - This feature allows an appropriately equipped telephone

set to display a variety of information. For example, when idle, the time and date is displayed. When the user is making a call, call progress information is displayed. The following information is also provided.

1) Caller ID - As described under Advanced Calling Services in this tariff, Caller

ID - Number is provided. Caller ID - Name is also displayed if subscribed to.

2) Called Number Display - This feature displays the called number (dialed

digits) on the telephone set when an outgoing call is made.

3) Calling Reason Display - This feature provides a display of the directory number from which a call was redirected (via Call Forwarding features) along with the reason (type of Call Forwarding) for the call being redirected.

4) Message Waiting Indication - For users who also subscribe to Voice Mail

Service (detariffed service), this feature provides a visual message waiting indicator (via a lamp/feature button or a message on the telephone set) to indicate that the user has received a voice message.

i. Feature Function Buttons - This feature gives the user the ability to assign

features to specific buttons on the EKTS set. When depressed, the button will activate the assigned feature.

j. Ringing Options - This feature is used with Multiple Appearance Directory

Number Arrangements and allows the EKTS set to apply abbreviated ringing (ringing is turned off after a specified period of time), delayed ringing (ringing is turned on after a specified period of time), immediate ringing, no ringing, or normal ringing. On a per EKTS user basis, each directory number may have a different ringing option.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) C. PACKET-SWITCHED DATA SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS

Packet Switching is a technique in which packets of data are individually addressed and combined on a transmission path with other addressed packets. Packet-Switched Data Service provides the ability to originate and receive X.25 packet data calls. X.25 is the Consultative Committee on International Telephone and Telegraph's (CCITT) recommended and internationally accepted standard for connecting data terminals to packet-switched networks.

D - Channel Packet - This service provides packet data on the D Channel at a maximum transmission throughput of up to 9.6 kbps per logical channel.

B - Channel Packet - This service provides packet data on the B Channel at a maximum transmission throughput of 64 kbps per logical channel.

The customer may choose among the following Packet-Switched features based upon application needs:

1. Hunt Groups - An arrangement that allows an incoming call to a busy packet

directory number to search through a predetermined list of packet directory numbers in search of a logical channel to which to complete the call. The hunting arrangement may be series completion, linear, or circular.

2. X.25 Data Services:

a. Logical Channels - An arrangement that is a virtual circuit, offering

multiple logical connections at the packet level of X.25. Logical Channels allow multiple packet calls (or virtual calls) to be active simultaneously on a single D Channel or B Channel.

b. DTE Support Feature - The Data Terminal Equipment Support (DTE)

Feature allows the network to prevent any network-to-user signaling on a virtual circuit associated with a directory number that is not included in the X.25 version. Virtual circuit communication is allowed between the subscribers equipment and remote customer equipment that conforms to the X.25 version. This feature is available on a per directory number basis.

c. RPOA Selection - The Recognized Private Operating Agency (RPOA)

arrangement allows the user to specify an Inter-Exchange Carrier or transit network for inter-network calls on a per call basis.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) C. PACKET-SWITCHED DATA SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS (Continued)

2. X.25 Data Services: (Continued)

d. Octet Alignment Checking Disable Feature - This arrangement enables the user to send any number of bits in a user data field and disables the normal requirement that the number of bits be an integral number of octets.

e. Incoming/Outgoing Calls Barred - This arrangement can either be

used to prohibit a data terminal from receiving an incoming call or from originating outgoing calls.

f. Default Information Rate Assignment Feature - This arrangement

allows the user to subscribe to a default information rate for each direction of communication for a virtual call.

g. Non-Standard Default Packet Sizes Feature - This arrangement

allows the user to subscribe to a larger maximum packet size for each direction of communication than the default 128 octets normally provides. To have this arrangement, the user must also have the Flow Control Parameter Negotiation Feature.

h. Flow Control Parameter Negotiation Feature - This arrangement

permits the negotiation on a per call basis of the flow control parameters and automatically negotiates the maximum packet size and window size for each direction of data transmission.

i. Throughput Class Negotiation - An arrangement that allows the user

to request specific throughput classes (bits/second) in the call request packet for each direction of data transfer associated with a virtual call.

j. Transit Delay Feature - This arrangement allows the user to indicate

a desired maximum transit delay in the call request packet on a per call basis.

k. Non-Standard Default Window Size - An arrangement that allows

the selection of the default window size of 1 through 7, instead of the standard window size of 2. To have this arrangement, the user must also have the Flow Control Parameter Negotiation Feature.






ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) C. PACKET-SWITCHED DATA SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS (Continued)

2. X.25 Data Services: (Continued)

l. Reverse Charging - An arrangement that allows the user to assign billing charges to the called data telephone number on a per-call basis.

m. Reverse Charging Acceptance - An arrangement that authorizes the

terminating directory number to accept usage and holding time charges from the originating directory number.

n. Local Charging Prevention - An arrangement that prevents packet-

switched calls from being charged to the user. Under this arrangement, a user’s outgoing packet calls would be reverse charged. All incoming calls signaling reverse charging would be blocked.

o. Fast Select - An arrangement that allows a sending data terminal to

forward up to 128 bytes of data along with the call setup and clearing packets.

p. Fast Select Acceptance - An arrangement that allows the switch to

transmit incoming call packets with the Fast Select facility to a destination terminal that has this feature.

3. Closed User Groups - An arrangement that limits communications to

members within a designated subnetwork of packet switching data users. The Closed User Group feature is established on a per line basis. Each data terminal in a Closed User Group can be arranged in one of the following modes:

a. Closed User Group with Outgoing Access - The data terminal makes

outgoing calls only. b. Closed User Group with Incoming Access - The data terminal

receives incoming calls only. c. Incoming Calls Barred Within a Closed User Group - The data

terminal makes outgoing calls only to the data terminal in the Closed User Group with which it is associated.

d. Outgoing Calls Barred Within a Closed User Group - The data terminal receives incoming calls only to the data terminals in the Closed User Group with which it is associated.

e. Unrestricted Access - The data terminal receives and makes both incoming and outgoing calls.

ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) D. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

1. Transmission Specifications

The standard transmission parameters for an Advanced Digital Services line utilizing an ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) consists of: A maximum of 38.5db loop loss at a 4OKz test tone terminated into a 135 ohm impedance. The 38.5db loss includes all central office facilities, outside plant facilities and inside wiring.

2. Customer Premise Equipment and Facilities

Compatible customer premise equipment is required to utilize Advanced Digital Services. All equipment used to interface with these services is required to conform with National ISDN guidelines as referenced in the following Bellcore specifications:

Document Number Description

SR-NWT-0026E31 National ISDN Generic Guidelines for ISDN

Terminal Equipment on Basic Rate Interface

SR-NWT-001953 Generic Guidelines for ISDN Terminal Equipment on Basic Access Interfaces

The Telephone Company shall not be responsible if changes in any of the equipment, operations, or procedures of the Company utilized in the provisioning of Advanced Digital Services render any facilities provided by the customer obsolete or require modification of such equipment or system, or otherwise affect its use or performance.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) E. REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS

1. Unless specifically exempted, Advanced Digital Services shall be subject to all general regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Telephone Company as stated in the general tariff.

2. Advanced Digital Services are provided at the option of the Company. These

services are furnished subject to central office switching capacity, capability, and the availability of outside plant facilities.

a. The availability, functionality, and capabilities of Advanced Digital

Services may vary, or may not be available, dependent upon type of serving central office switch, related software controlling that switch, and associated outside plant.

1) Where facilities are not available, or unusual expenditures are

involved in making them available, the customer may be required to pay additional charges to cover the unusual expenditure, or to contract for services beyond the normal service term, or both.

2) Distance Extension Service: Advanced Digital Services may be provided to a customers location served beyond the normal transmission range of the serving central office. In such cases, in addition to the charges and rates for Advanced Digital Services, Distance Extension Service rates and charges are applicable. These rates and charges will be determined on an individual case basis.

3. Payment for Service

a. The minimum charge period for services provided under this tariff is for

one month.

b. The customer may choose to pay for the service on a month-to-month basis or under a service contract plan. A month-to-month customer may, at any time, convert to a service contract plan.

c. The monthly rate for customers choosing the service period plan is

guaranteed against Telephone Company initiated changes during the selected service contract period.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) E. REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)

3. Payment for Service (Continued)

d. Subsequent additions will be rated under a new contract or added to an existing contract, based upon the remaining period of the initial contract.

e. Suspension of service is not allowed.

f. Contract Renewals and Termination Liabilities

1) At any time during their contract period customers may change to a

new Advanced Digital Services contract, provided that the new contract is for a term equal to or greater than the time period remaining on their current contract. The new contract becomes effective upon execution.

2) If the service is canceled by the customer after installation of the

service, but prior to the completion of the service period, the customer shall be obligated to pay a termination liability charge. The charge is calculated by multiplying the monthly rate by the remaining months in the contract period times fifty percent. These charges shall be due and payable in their entirety immediately upon such termination.

4. At the Telephone Company's discretion, the following nonrecurring service

establishment charges may be reduced or waived during promotional campaigns and/or as a part of customer negotiations:

a. Nonrecurring per B Channel and/or per D Channel service establishment

charge. b. Nonrecurring EKTS service establishment charges.

5. Directory Listings: One directory listing is provided without charge for each

Advanced Digital Services customer. For Centrex customers, one directory listing (either an analog or Advanced Digital Services number) is provided per Centrex system. Additional listings may be provided as specified for Additional Listing Service in the Directory Listings section of the Telephone Company's tariff.






6. Billable Call Treatment

a. Normal toll charges shall apply to calls that are made outside of the Local Service Area.

b. For Centrex users, Intercom calls between lines in a Centrex group are not subject to usage charges.

c. Advanced Digital Services customers who use the Call Forwarding or Call Transfer features are responsible for the payment of any applicable charges for each billable call connected via these features over the public network. The charge is applicable to each call answered, including the Call Forwarding set-up call. It also applies to collect and person-to-person calls, which may be refused at the answering station.

7. Customer Premise Equipment

a. This tariff for Advanced Digital Services does not include terminal

equipment on the customer’s premises. Terminal equipment may be covered under a separate tariff, sold or leased separately by the Telephone Company (under a separate contract), or may be provided by the customer.

b. The customer is responsible for providing the power required for any and all customer premise equipment connected to an Advanced Digital Services line.






8. Central Office Overlay Arrangements

Advanced Digital Services are available only from central offices which have the necessary facilities to provide standard National ISDN. In the event that a customer is served from a central office that is not equipped with these services, the Telephone Company may, at its discretion, provide Advanced Digital Services from an alternate serving central office at no additional charge to the customer. Such provisioning may be elected when, at the discretion of the Telephone Company, the service can be provided at a reasonable cost to the Company. The customer must accept the serving location assigned by the Company, and must agree to revert to service from the normal serving central office at such time as Advanced Digital Services are available in that office.

a. This arrangement may require that the customer accept a directory

number change to a number associated with the alternate central office. b. Calls that are originated by and terminated to a customer using this

service arrangement will be billed as if the calls were placed from the customer’s normal serving central office.

c. When Advanced Digital Services subsequently become available from the customers normal serving central office, the customer will be reconnected to the normal serving central office. This may also require a directory number change. If and when such changes occur, the non-recurring charge associated with the change will not be applicable. If the customer does not wish to take service from the normal central office after such service becomes available, but continues to utilize service from the alternate serving central office, charges for distance extensions, foreign exchange service or special outside facilities will apply. If foreign exchange service is used, the rates for foreign exchange will be applied in addition to the Advanced Digital Services rates. Any other special outside plant facilities used to provide Advanced Digital Services will be charged on an individual case basis.

d. The availability, functionality, and capabilities of Advanced Digital Services may very when a customer’s serving central office is equipped to provide Advanced Digital Services.






9. End User Common Line (EUCL) Charges: Advanced Digital Services are subject to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) End User Common Line (EUCL) charges under the rates and application rules specified by the FCC. The customer shall be liable for all adjustments to the EUCL as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (or by any regulatory body or commission or court of competent jurisdiction). Any additional end-user surcharges levied, accessed (or otherwise applied) by any regulatory agency, including, but not limited to: E911, hearing impaired, universal service fund, etc., will be applicable.

10. The Telephone Company shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising

out of error, interruptions, defects, failure, or malfunctions of Advanced Digital Services or associated equipment. Damages arising out of such interruptions, defects, failures, or malfunctions of the services after the Telephone Company has been notified, and has reasonable time for repair, shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the charges made for the service affected for the period following notice from the customer until service is restored.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) F. RATES AND CHARGES

1. Advanced Digital Services Access

a. The rates and charges below are for providing an Advanced Digital Services capable line to the customer’s premises. These charges provide a OB + OD ISDN service. The customer must add the desired B Channels and D Channels to configure the service as required. B and D Channels charges are in addition to the access rate below:

Service Monthly

Access Establishment Rate

Res/Bus Advanced Digital Services, single line, Per line $60.00 $30.00

Centrex Advanced Digital

Services $60.00 $30.00o

2. Communications Channels

a. Service establishment and recurring monthly charges listed below are in addition to Advanced Digital Service Access rate above: (2-B Channels plus 1-D Channel are required)

Service Monthly

Service Element Establishment Rate

Circuit-Switched Voice $20.00 $9.00 (per B Channel)

Circuit-Switched Data $20.00 $9.00 (per B Channel)

Circuit-Switched Alternate Voice/Data $20.00 $9.00 (per B Channel)

D Channel Packet $20.00 $6.50 (per D Channel)

Note 1: Centrex rates also apply. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES BASIC RATE INTERFACE (BRI) (Continued) F. RATES AND CHARGES (Continued)

2. Communications Channels (Continued)

b. Usage charges

1) Circuit Switching - The following usage charges will be assessed on local calls originating from Advanced Digital Services lines and are in addition to the access and channel rates in 1.a. and 2.a. previously listed:

Per

Usage Element Minute

Circuit-Switched Voice Calls No charge

Circuit-Switched Data Calls:

First 1,800 minutes in a month No charge (Per B Channel, per minute)

Each additional minute over 1,800 minutes in a month (per B Channel per minute) $ .02

2) Packet Switching - The following usage charges will be assessed on

calls using the packet-switched network and are in addition to the access and channel rates in 1.a. and 2.a. previously listed:

Packet Usage Element Rate

Per kilopacket $ .40 (64 Octets or 1,000 packets)

Virtual call setup charge (per call attempt) $ .01

Fast Select Charge (per select attempt) $ .01






2. Communications Channels (Continued)

c. Directory Numbers: Service Monthly

Directory Number Establishment Rate

Primary Directory Number No charge No charge (with each Advanced Digital Services line)

Secondary Directory Numbers No charge $3.00 (per additional number)

3. Circuit-Switched Features

a. Recurring charges:

Circuit-Switched Feature

Clear Channel Capability No charge No charge

Additional Call Offering No charge $2.00 (per line)

Multiline Hunt Service No charge $2.50 (per directory number)

Call Pick-Up No charge $1.00 (per line)






3. Circuit-Switched Features (Continued)

a. Recurring charges: (Continued) Service Monthly

Circuit-Switched Feature Establishment Rate

Custom Calling Services:

- Call Hold No charge No charge - Three Way Calling No charge No charge - Call Transfer No charge No charge - Conference Calling - Six Way

Station Controlled (per line) Note 1 Note 1 - Call Forwarding Note 1 Note 1

(per directory number) - Other Custom Calling Services Note 1 Note 1

Advanced Calling Services:

- Automatic Callback (Monitoring) Note 1 Note 1 - Caller ID - Number Note 1 Note 1 - Caller ID - Name Note 1 Note 1

(per line) - Other Advanced Calling Services Note 1 Note 1

Circuit-Switched Feature

Centrex Features Note 1 Note 1 (Centrex customers only)

Note 1: Current rates, charges, and multiple feature discounts for applicable Custom Calling, and Centrex Services may be found in the Telephone Company's Tariff for these services. For analog lines, the rates and charges for these services are normally applied on a per line basis. For Advanced Digital Services lines, the rates and charges for applicable services are applied on a per directory number basis (to each directory number to which these services are assigned). ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.






b. Service establishment charges

When the above features are ordered as part of an initial service order with an Advanced Digital Services B Channel, there is no service establishment charge for these services.

c. Subsequent feature additions and changes

When the above features are ordered or modified after the initial installation of an Advanced Digital Services B Channel, the nonrecurring feature addition and change charge is as follows:

Charge

Feature Additions and Changes $20.00o (per B Channel)

Only one service charge will appear when multiple features are added or changed on a B Channel as part of the same service order.

Note 1: In addition to applicable Service Connection Charges. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.





4. Electronic Key Telephone Service (EKTS)

a. The monthly rates shown below apply to EKTS features. To have EKTS, a line must have at least one Advanced Digital Services Circuit-Switched Voice or Circuit-Switched Alternate Voice/Data B Channel.

Electronic Key Telephone Service Service Monthly Feature Establishment Rate

Electronic Key Telephone Service $30.00 No charge (per B Channel configured for EKTS)

Multiple Appearance Directory Numbers:

First 4 DNs on an EKTS Set No charge No charge

Fifth and Subsequent DN appearing $ 4.00 $ 2.00 on an EKTS Set

Additional Call Appearances:

First 4 call appearances No charge No charge

Fifth and subsequent call appearance $ 4.00 $ 2.00 of a DN (per EKTS Set)

Analog Line Appearances (per analog No charge $ 2.00 number appearing on an EKTS Set)

Bridging No charge No charge

Automatic Bridged Call Exclusion (Privacy on Answer) No charge No charge

Privacy (Manual Exclusion) No charge No charge

Intercom Calling No charge $ 1.50 (Per Intercom button assigned to an EKTS Set)






4. Electronic Key Telephone Service (EKTS) (Continued)

a. (Continued)

Electronic Key Telephone Service Service Monthly Feature Establishment Rate

Display Capability:

- Caller ID No charge No charge - Called Number Display No charge No charge - Calling Reason Display No charge No charge - Message Waiting Indication No charge No charge

Feature Function Buttons No charge No charge

Non-Standard Button Arrangement/ $30.00 No charge Configuration (per EKTS Set)

Ringing Options No charge No charge

b. Subsequent feature additions and changes

When EKTS features are ordered or modified after the initial installation of EKTS, the nonrecurring feature addition and change charge is as follows:

Charge Feature Additions and Changes $20.00o (per EKTS line)

Only one service charge will appear when multiple features are added or changed on a B Channel as part of the same service order.






5. Packet-Switched Services

a. The monthly rates shown below apply to Packet-Switched Service. D Channel Packet or B Channel Packet is a prerequisite for these services:

Service Monthly

Packet-Switched Service/Feature Establishment Rate

Hunt Groups (per member) No charge $ 2.50

X.25 Data Services No charge No charge

Closed User Groups $10.00 No charge (per user group)

Closed User Groups No charge $ 1.50 (per member)


When packet switching features and/or parameters are ordered or modified after initial installation, the nonrecurring feature addition and change charge is as follows:

Charge

Feature Additions and Changes (per packet channel) $20.00o

Only one service charge will appear when multiple features or parameters are added or changed on a D Channel as part of the same service order.






6. Long Term Contract Discounts

The non-recurring service establishment charges associated with Advanced Digital Services access, circuit-switched services, circuit-switched features, EKTS, and packet-switched services will automatically be reduced according to the following schedule for customers who sign long term contracts:

Discount on Service

Contract Duration Establishment Charges

Monthly 0% 24 Months 20% 36 Months 40% 48 Months 60% 60 Months 80%





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION

1. Advanced Digital Services are a public network-based set of communications services that make it possible to send and receive digital information using regular telephone facilities. These services provide end-to-end digital communications with the ability to transmit data and voice over the same telephone line simultaneously. For example, a user can speak with a person while simultaneously sending a digital file to their personal computer. This functionality is based on the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) technology and conforms to National ISDN standards.

The ISDN architecture provides two access methods that connect customers' premises to network switching systems. Basic Rate Interface (BRI) lines are typically used when a customer wants small quantities of digital connections to the network. Primary Rate Interface (PRI) facilities are typically used when a customer wants large quantities of digital connections to the network. BRI lines are used for both residential and business, while PRI facilities are typically used for business only. Advanced Digital Services using the Primary Rate Interface are the subject of this tariff.

2. Advanced Digital Services PRI is an optional service arrangement that can be

used in conjunction with a customer's business lines or Centrex service. It can also be used in conjunction with, or in place of, a customer's Private Branch Exchange trunks. This service arrangement uses the ISDN architecture to provide the customer with the capability to transmit voice and data simultaneously over the same digital facility. Under various optional arrangements, Advanced Digital Services PRI provides the customer with access to Circuit-Switched Voice Services, Circuit-Switched Data Services and Packet-Switched Data Services. In general, this tariff addresses standardized national ISDN-2 (NI-2) capabilities and features.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) B. PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE SERVICE ARRANGEMENT

1. An Advanced Digital Services PRI Service Arrangement connects an ISDN-capable Telephone Company central office switch to ISDN-capable Class II Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). Depending on the application, that CPE might be a PBX, a router, a multiplexer, etc. The PRI Service Arrangement supports up to five PRI Access Facilities, each with up to twenty-four digital communications channels.

These communication channels can be either B (Bearer) Channels or D (Data) Channels:

a. B Channel - The B Channel is a bidirectional synchronous channel

capable of supporting digital transmission speeds of 64 kilobits per second (kbps). Each B Channel of an Advanced Digital Services PRI may carry:

1) Circuit-Switched Voice 2) Circuit-Switched Data, or 3) Packet-Switched Data

b. D Channel - The D Channel is a 64 kbps digital signaling channel that

carries signaling and control for the B Channels.

2. Primary Rate Access Facility - The Primary Rate Access Facility provides a high capacity digital link over which the Advanced Digital Services PRI capabilities are delivered. This facility is based on a 1.544 Mbps DS1 carrier (Tl facility). The typical PRI Access Facility configuration is known as 23B+D, where twenty-three of the channels are B Channels and one is a D Channel.

3. Multiple PRI Facility Arrangement - There may be situations where more

than 23 B Channels are needed at a particular customer premise. In those situations, multiple PRI facilities can be assigned to an Advanced Digital Services PRI Service Arrangement. With the Multiple PRI Facility Arrangement, the D Channel in the first PRI facility is used to transport signaling for up to four additional PRI facilities. The first facility would be configured as 23B+D and the other facilities would be configured as 24B. This use of Non-Facility Associated Signaling (NFAS) allows the overhead of the D Channel to be distributed over a maximum of 119 B Channels (up to 5 PRI facilities), thereby increasing channel efficiency.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) B. PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE SERVICE ARRANGEMENT (Continued)

4. D Channel Backup - In Multiple PRI Facility Arrangements, a second D Channel can be assigned (where available) as an automatic backup to the primary D Channel to provide redundancy of the signaling channel.

C. CIRCUIT-SWITCHED SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS

Circuit Switching is a switching arrangement in which an entire circuit or B Channel is dedicated to a given call. The circuit is connected on a per-call basis and can carry circuit-switched voice or circuit-switched data. Circuit-switched related services include:

1. Clear Channel Capability - This feature is a characteristic of the

transmission paths on the B Channels that allows the full bandwidth of 64 kbps to be available to the customer. This feature is applicable to CPE that supports clear channel capability. Rate adaptation to 56 kbps is supported for CPE that does not support clear channel capability.

2. Dedicated Trunk Groups - The B Channels of an Advanced Digital Services

PRI can be dedicated for calls to and from the public network. Trunk Group types include Incoming, Outgoing, 2-way, Direct Outward Dialing (DOD) or Direct Inward Dialing (DID). Individual B Channels can also be dedicated to carry Packet Switched Data to the Public Packet Switched Network.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Cont.) C. CIRCUIT-SWITCHED SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS (Continued)

3. Primary Rate Call-by-Call Service - The Primary Rate Call-by-Call feature offers access to additional services via the B Channels of an Advanced Digital Services PRI. These additional services include:

- Foreign Exchange - Tie Trunk - OutWATS - INWATS

With this feature, any B Channel can be used to offer the above services on a per call basis, in addition to supporting trunk calls to/from the public network (i.e., DOD/DID).

Simulated Facility Groups (SFG) are used to control the number of B Channels that can be used for a particular service or for calls to the public network. The SFG is a logical relationship between the services (or public network calls) and the number of B Channels. Any B Channel may be used for any service (or for public network calls) provided the actual number of calls currently active for that service does not exceed the maximum-allowed value associated within the SFG. B Channel Packet Switched Data Services are not supported with the Call-by-Call feature and must use dedicated B Channels.

4. Multiple Directory Numbers - Each Advanced Digital Services PRI facility

includes an individual directory number. Additional directory numbers, a range of directory numbers, or several ranges of directory numbers can be optionally added.

5. Caller ID - Number - This feature allows the central office and the

customer's suitably equipped CPE to communicate the calling party's directory number. On calls carried by the Advanced Digital Services PRI, the number can then be made available to be displayed on a properly equipped telephone set or adjunct equipment.

6. Caller ID - Name - This feature (where available) allows the central office

and the customer's suitably equipped CPE to communicate calling party name information (associated with the calling party's directory number) on calls carried by the Advanced Digital Services PRI. The name can then be made available to be displayed on a properly equipped telephone set or adjunct equipment.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) D. PACKET-SWITCHED DATA SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS

Packet Switching is a technique in which packets of data are individually addressed and combined on a transmission path with other individually addressed data packets. Packet-Switched Data Service provides the ability to originate and receive X.25 packet data calls. The X.25 packet data protocol is the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) recommended and internationally accepted standard for connecting data terminals to packet-switched networks.

B - Channel Packet - This service provides packet data on a B Channel at a maximum transmission throughput of 64 kbps per channel. B Channel Packet data calls can be set up on a per-call basis (demand) or can be set up on a semipermanent basis (nailed up). B Channel packet calls require use of a dedicated B Channel, i.e., Call-by-Call service does not apply to B Channel Packet data calls.

D - Channel Packet - This tariff does not offer D Channel Packet data service with the Advanced Digital Services PRI service.

The customer may choose from numerous Packet-Switched Data features based upon the specific application needs. Refer to the Telephone Company's ISDN Basic Rate Interface tariff for Packet-Switched Data feature descriptions and tariff information, if applicable.

E. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

a. Transmission Specifications - The Primary Rate Access Facility provides a high capacity digital link over which Advanced Digital Services PRI is delivered. This facility is based on a 1.544 Mbps DS1 carrier (Tl facility) whose characteristics are as follows:

- Line Code = Bipolar 8 Zero Substitution (B8ZS) - Framing Format = Extended Super Frame (ESF) - Signaling = Common Channel Signaling (CCS) - Data Rate = 64 kbps clear or 64 kbps restricted - D Channel = 24th channel on the appropriate PRI access facility





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) E. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS (Continued)

2. Customer Premise Equipment and Facilities - Compatible customer premise equipment is required for Advanced Digital Services PRI. All equipment used with these services is required to conform with National ISDN guidelines, as referenced in the following Bellcore specifications:

Document Number Description

TR-NWT-001268 ISDN Primary Rate Interface Call Control

Switching and Signaling Generic Requirements for Class II Equipment

SR-NWT-002343 ISDN Primary Rate Interface Generic Guidelines

for Customer Premises Equipment

The Telephone Company shall not be responsible if changes in any of the equipment, operations, or procedures of the Telephone Company used in the provisioning of Advanced Digital Services render any facilities provided by the customer obsolete or require modification of such equipment or system, or otherwise affect its use or performance.

F. REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS

1. Unless specifically exempted, Advanced Digital Services shall be subject to all general regulations applicable to the provision of service by the Telephone Company as stated in the general tariff.

2. Advanced Digital Services PRI are provided at the option of the Telephone

Company. These services are furnished subject to central office switching capacity, capability, and the availability of outside plant facilities.





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) F. REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)

2. (Continued)

a. The availability, functionality, and capabilities of Advanced Digital Services PRI may vary, or may not be available, dependent upon type of serving central office switch, related software controlling that switch, and associated outside plant.

1) Where facilities are not available, or unusual expenditures are

involved in making them available, the customer may be required to pay additional charges to cover the unusual expenditure, or to contract for services beyond the normal service term, or both.

2) Distance Extension: Provision of the underlying PRI Access facility (T1) is mileage sensitive. As such, additional Distance Extension charges may apply.

b. Alternate Serving Arrangements: Where the customer's serving central

office is not Advanced Digital Services PRI capable, the Telephone Company, at its discretion, may provide service from an alternate serving central office at no additional charge to the customer. Such provisioning may be elected when, at the discretion of the Telephone Company, the service can be provided at a reasonable cost to the Telephone Company. The customer must accept the serving location assigned by the Telephone Company, and must agree to revert to service from the normal serving central office when Advanced Digital Services PRI are available in that office.

1) This arrangement may require that the customer accept a directory

number change to a number associated with the alternate central office.

2) Calls that are originated by, and terminated to, a customer using this service arrangement will be billed as if the calls were placed from the customer's normal serving central office.






2. (Continued)

b. (Continued)

3) When Advanced Digital Services PRI subsequently becomes available from the customer’s normal serving central office, the customer will be reconnected to the normal serving central office. This may also require a directory number change. If such changes occur, the nonrecurring charge associated with the change will not be applicable. If the customer does not wish to take service from the normal central office after such service becomes available, but continues to use service from the alternate serving central office, charges for distance extensions, foreign exchange service or special outside facilities will apply. If foreign exchange service is used, the rates for foreign exchange will be applied in addition to the Advanced Digital Services PRI rates. Any other special outside plant facilities used to provide Advanced Digital Services will be tariffed on an individual case basis.

4) The availability, functionality, and capabilities of Advanced Digital Services PRI may vary when a customer's serving central office is equipped to provide such services.

5) Situations where the customer specifically requests service from a central office other than its normal serving central office will be handled on an individual case basis.

3. Payment for Service

a. The minimum charge period for services provided under this tariff is one

month.

b. The customer may choose to pay for the service on a month-to-month basis or on a long term service contract basis. A customer on month-to-month payment plan may, at any time, convert to a service contract plan.






3. Payment for Service (Continued)

c. The monthly rate for customers choosing the service period plan is guaranteed against Telephone Company initiated changes during the selected service contract period.

d. Subsequent service additions will be rated under a new contract or added

to an existing contract, based upon the remaining period of the initial contract.

e. Suspension of service is not allowed.

f. Contract Renewals and Termination Liabilities

1) Customers may change to a new Advanced Digital Services contract

at any time during their contract period. The new contract must be for a term equal to, or greater than, the time remaining on their current contract and will become effective upon execution.

2) If the service is canceled by the customer after installation of the service, but prior to the completion of the service period, the customer shall be obligated to pay a termination liability charge. The charge is calculated by multiplying the monthly rate by the remaining months in the contract period times fifty (50%) percent. These charges shall be due and payable in their entirety immediately upon such termination.

4. At the Telephone Company's discretion, the following charges may be reduced

or waived during promotional campaigns and/or as a part of customer negotiations:

a. Nonrecurring per PRI Access facility service establishment charge

b. Nonrecurring per Communication Channel service establishment charge

c. Nonrecurring Call-by-Call feature service establishment charge

d. Nonrecurring Caller ID service establishment charge





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Cont.) F. REGULATIONS AND CONDITIONS (Continued)

5. Directory Listings: One directory listing is provided without charge for each Advanced Digital Services PRI facility. For Centrex customers, one directory listing (either an analog or Advanced Digital Services PRI number) is provided per Centrex system. Additional listings may be provided as specified for Additional Listing Service in the Directory Listings section of the Telephone Company's tariff.

6. Billable Call Treatment

a. Normal toll charges (including INWATS and OutWATS charges) shall

apply to calls that are made outside the Local Service Area.

b. Advanced Digital Services customers who use the Call Forwarding or Call Transfer features are responsible for the payment of any applicable charges for each billable call connected via these features over the public network. The charge is applicable to each call answered, including the Call Forwarding set-up call. It also applies to collect and person-to-person calls, which may be refused at the answering station.

7. Customer Premise Equipment

a. This tariff does not include terminal equipment on the customers

premises. Terminal equipment may be covered under a separate tariff, sold or leased separately by the Telephone Company (under a separate contract), or may be provided by the customer.

b. The customer is responsible for providing the power required for any

customer premise equipment connected to an Advanced Digital Services PRI.

8. End User Common Line (EUCL) Charges: Advanced Digital Services PRI are

subject to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) End User Common Line (EUCL) charges under the rates and application rules specified by the FCC. The customer shall be liable for all adjustments to the EUCL as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (or by any regulatory body or commission or court of competent jurisdiction). Any additional end-user surcharges levied, accessed (or otherwise applied) by any regulatory agency, including, but not limited to: E911, hearing impaired, universal service fund, etc., will be applicable.






9. The Telephone Company shall not be liable for any loss or damages arising out of error, interruptions, defects, failure, or malfunctions of Advanced Digital Services or associated equipment. Damages arising out of such interruptions, defects, failures, or malfunctions of the services after the Telephone Company has been notified, and has reasonable time for repair, shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the charges made for the service affected for the period following notice from the customer until service is restored.

G. RATES AND CHARGES

1. Advanced Digital Services PRI Access

a. The rates and charges below are for providing an Advanced Digital Services PRI access facility to the customer's premises. These charges provide the underlying communications facility to support a PRI Service Arrangement. Rates and charges for the communications channels (i.e., B and D Channels) are additional as shown in the next section.

Service Monthly

Access Establishment Rate

Advanced Digital Services PRI Access - per facility (first route mile, or fraction thereof) $300.00 $140.00

PRI Access - Distance Extension per facility (additional route Mile or fraction thereof) $150.00 $120.00





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) G. RATES AND CHARGES (Continued)

2. Communications Channels

a. ISDN PRI Service Arrangement:

This flat rate service applies only to circuit-switched calls, not to packet calls.

Service Monthly

Service Element Establishment Rate 23 B Channels plus D Channel $700.00 $1984.00

Additional 24 B Channels (Multiple PRI facility arrangement) $700.00 $1984.00

b. D Channel Backup:

Service Element

D Channel Backup (maximum one per PRI Service Arrangement) $150.00 $110.00

c. Directory Numbers:

Directory Number

Primary Directory Number No charge No charge (one with each Advanced Digital Services PRI facility)

Additional DID Directory Numbers No charge $0.20 (per additional DN)

Note 1: Includes ISDN PRI Interface and channels. ALL MATERIAL ON THIS SHEET IS NEW.




GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Cont.) 7. RATES AND CHARGES (Continued)

3. Circuit-Switched Features

a. Recurring charges as follows:

Service Monthly Feature Establishment Rate

Clear Channel Capability No charge No charge

Call-by-Call Capability for public network calls (incoming, outgoing, or 2-way trunk calls) No charge No charge

Call-by-Call Capability for DID (per DID simulated facility in PRI Service Arrangement) $20.00 $15.00

Call-by-Call Capability for FX (per FX facility/simulated facility in PRI Service Arrangement). This does not include the cost of the FX facilities between CO's. $20.00 $12.00

Call-by-Call Capability for Tie Facility (per Tie facility/simulated facility in PRI Service Arrangement). This does not include the cost of the Tie facilities between CO's. $20.00 $12.00

Call-by-Call Capability for INWATS (per INWATS facility/simulated facility in PRI Service Arrangement). INWATS measured rate charges are additional. $20.00 $12.00

Caller ID - Number (per PRI facility) $20.00 $90.00

Caller ID - Name (per PRI facility, requires Caller ID - Number) $20.00 $30.00





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF ADVANCED DIGITAL SERVICES PRIMARY RATE INTERFACE (PRI) (Continued) 6. RATES AND CHARGES (Continued)



When the above features are ordered or modified after the initial installation of an Advanced Digital Services PRI, the nonrecurring feature addition and change charge is as follows:

Charge Feature Additions and Changes (per PRI facility) $50.00

Only one service charge will appear when multiple features are added or changed on an Advanced Digital Services PRI facility as part of the same service order.

4. Packet-Switched Services

Refer to the per B Channel rates shown for Packet-Switched Services in the Telephone Company’s ISDN Basic Rate Interface Tariff. D Channel Packet is not supported in Advanced Digital Services PRI. Flat Rate billing is not available for Packet-Switched Services.

5. Long Term Contract Discounts

The nonrecurring service establishment charges associated with Advanced Digital Services PRI Circuit-Switched Services and Circuit-Switched Features will automatically be reduced according to the following schedule for customers who sign long term contracts:

Discount on Service

Contract Duration Establishment Charges

Monthly 0% 24 Months 20% 36 Months 40% 48 Months 60% 60 Months 80%





GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF T-1 LOCAL LOOP FACILITY Where facilities are available, T-1 local loops from the customer’s serving wire center to the customer’s designated premise will be provided at the following rates and charges. These charges are in addition to the local service trunk charges in Section II of this tariff.


Per full or fractional T-1 service:

T-1 local loop facility (1st route mile or fraction thereof) $140.00 $ 300.00

Each additional mile or fraction thereof $120.00 $ 150.00

Basic T-1 System charge in addition to the local loop facility charge

Basic System $210.00 $ 700.00

DID Services (trunks) must be provisioned through a T-1 local loop facility.

Fractional T-1 service (less than 24 channels) will require a Multiplexing Charge.

Multiplexing for fractional T-1 (Less than 24 channels) $185.00 $ 300.00



BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION V TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 67-N

Cancels Original Sheet 67-N



CALLED LINE IDENTIFICATION General 1. Request for Called Line Identification must be made through the proper law

enforcement agency. Upon authorization from the law enforcement agency the Company will attempt to provide the source of the malicious call.

2. The Company does not guarantee the tracing of any call. 3. The Company will report its findings only to a proper law enforcement agency. 4. Called Line Identification is only available in exchanges where Advanced Custom

Calling Service is not offered due to limitation of Company equipment and facilities. Company Procedure Calls will be traced during normal Telephone Company business office hours upon availability of central office technicians. Beyond Company procedure for Customer Convenience, $35.00 per hour for the first hour or fraction thereof, and $35.00 per hour each additional hour or fraction thereof. Conditions 1. Called Line Identification will be provided for a maximum of ten (10) days, per

request. 2. In the event the line is traced, the set-up charge and per day charge will be credited

back to the subscriber upon prosecution of the malicious caller. If the subscriber does not prosecute the malicious caller the set-up charge and per day charge will not be credited.

* No other Service Connection Charges are applicable.

(N) (N)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI INDEX TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 1

PAGE Reserved for Future Filing 1 Reserved for Future Filing 2 - 6.34 Visit Charge 7, 8 Connection with Certain Customer-Provided Facilities 9 - 11 Connections of Registered Equipment 11 - 13 Responsibility of the Customer 14 Responsibility of the Company 15 Violation of Regulations 16 Definitions 16, 17 Interpositioning of Customer-Provided Terminal

Equipment and Communications Systems 18 Equipment-to-Equipment Connections 19, 20 Connections of Grandfathered Terminal Equipment

and Grandfathered Communications Systems 20 - 29 Connections of Other Common Carrier-Provided

Communications Systems 30 - 36 Connection of Customer-Provided Telephone

Equipment (CPE) to Party Line Service 36-A - 36-G

Issue Date: 10/26/07 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 11/25/07 1100 North 18th Street, Second Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 1

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

RESERVED FOR FUTURE FILING


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 2

Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 2 CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 6.1



(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)



Cancels Original Sheet 6.2 CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 6.11 Cancels Original Sheet 6.11


(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 6.12 Cancels Original Sheet 6.12 CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)





(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)




(D) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(D)



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES VISIT CHARGE Rates 1. When a regular visit is required during normal working hours as a result of trouble caused

by customer-provided equipment, the charge billed will be the charge set forth under “Service Maintenance Charge”. A one-hour minimum charge will apply with time over the minimum being computed to the nearest fifteen minute increment.

2. When a premise visit is required during other than regular working hours, such as nights,

sundays or holidays, as a result of trouble caused by customer-provided equipment, the charge billed will be the charge set forth under “Service Maintenance Charge”.

a. Charges will begin and terminate from the time of departure from the nearest available

maintenance personnel’s permanent headquarters and his return thereto.

b. A two-hour minimum will apply with time over the minimum being computed to the nearest fifteen minute increment thereof.

Conditions 1. The following procedures will apply when the company becomes aware of a trouble

conditions:

a. The company will first endeavor to clear the trouble without a visit to the customer’s premises.

b. If the location of the trouble cannot be determined as shown in “1 a” above, the

company will attempt to contact the customer by telephone. If the customer is so contacted, the company will request the customer to disconnect the customer-provided equipment or facilities in order to determine the location of the trouble condition. If disconnection of the customer-provided equipment or facilities does not clear the trouble and a visit to the customer’s premises is necessary and the trouble found is not the results of the customer-provided equipment or facilities, no visit charge will apply.

c. If the customer does not or cannot disconnect the customer-provided equipment or

facilities from the line, the company will initiate a premises visit to establish the location of the trouble. If the source of the trouble is determined to be located in customer-provided equipment or facilities, or the results of the customer-provided equipment or facilities, the appropriate visit charge will apply.

Issue Date: Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1100 North 18th Street, Second Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES VISIT CHARGE (Continued) Conditions (Continued)

d. If a customer cannot be contacted, the company may at its option temporarily disconnect the customer’s service until the customer can be contacted and the trouble source determined. At such time the procedures as set forth under “b” and “c” above may apply.

e. Upon contact, the customer may request the company to defer its visit until the

customer has his customer-provided equipment or facilities tested, in which case, circumstances permitting, the company will delay its visit for a reasonable time.

f. If the customer asks the company to defer its visit in accordance to “e” above,

and does not disconnect his equipment, repair or cause to be repaired his equipment or consent to a visit by the company within a reasonable time, the company has the right to take such action necessary for the protection of its facilities and shall immediately inform the customer of such action.

2. Visit charges described herein are in addition to all other charges billed to the

customer by the company as provided for in the tariff of this company.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CUSTOMER-PROVIDED FACILITIES General Facilities owned by the customer may be connected with the facilities of the company to the extent an in accordance with the provisions following, when such connection is required by military necessity or public safety, or when the customer-owned facilities are in locations so hazardous, remote or inaccessible that the company considers it undesirable to install and maintain its own facilities in such locations, or when otherwise provided for herein. All such connections of customer-owned contracts made by and between the company and the customer and must comply with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations. 1. The United States Government

a. The Department of Defense

Telephone facilities owned and maintained by the Department of Defense, serving establishments such as are used as military posts, navy yards, naval operating bases, flying fields, training centers, munition plants, arsenals, supply bases, military hospitals, navy hospitals, etc., operated and administered by the Department of Defense and commanded by military or naval authorities, may be connected with the exchange and toll facilities of the company.

b. United States Coast Guard

Telephone facilities owned and maintained by the United States Coast Guard, serving coastal areas, operated and administered by the Coast Guard and commanded by the Coast Guard authorities may be connected with exchange and toll facilities of the company.

c. United States Forest Service

Telephone facilities owned and maintained by the United States Forest Service in areas in or adjacent to national forest, and operated and administered by the forest service, may be connected with exchange and toll facilities of the company.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CUSTOMER-PROVIDED FACILITIES 2. Powder manufacturing plants, state and federal prisons and other locations of an

inaccessible or hazardous nature or where National security is involved.

Telephone circuits owned and maintained by a customer, located on his property in inaccessible or hazardous locations such as powder manufacturing plants, state and federal prisons, etc., or where National security is involved, will be connected to a local or toll central office line to form a through connection only through manual switching equipment or an attendant’s position of dial PABX equipment furnished to the customer by the Company. Such equipment or position may be located at either or both ends of the customer’s circuit.

3. Connections of Certain Facilities of Power, Pipe Line and Railroad Companies

Except as otherwise provided following, telephone facilities of an electric power company, an oil, oil products or natural gas pipe line company, or a railroad company provided primarily to communicate with points located along a right-of-way (including premises of such company anywhere in cities, towns or villages along the right-of-way) owned or controlled by such Company may, in lieu of the provisions provided elsewhere in this section of the tariff, be connected with the telecommunications network, for the following purposes:

1) in cases of emergency involving safety of life or property;

2) in cases of calls originated by railroad employees under circumstances

indicating need for prompt action to secure or maintain the safety, continuity, or reliability of railroad service to the public, and related to the movement of passengers, mail, property, or equipment by railroad, or the repair, maintenance, or construction of railroad rights-of-way, structures or equipment;

3) in cases where the customer facilities serve locations where it is impracticable

because of hazard or inaccessibility for the company to furnish its facilities; and

4) during an interim period in cases where the customer has arranged for replacement of said customer facilities with facilities of the company.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN CUSTOMER-PROVIDED FACILITIES 3. Connections of Certain Facilities of Power, Pipe Line and Railroad Companies (continued)

Telephone circuits of such companies will be connected to a local or toll central office line to form a through connection only through manual switching equipment or an attendant’s position or dial PABX equipment furnished to the customer by the company. Such equipment or position may be located at either or both ends of the customer’s circuit.

Connection of a telephone circuit of such companies as specified in 2, 3, or 4 preceding may be established at either end of such circuit, but shall not be established at both ends simultaneously.

CONNECTIONS OF REGISTERED EQUIPMENT 1. Customer-Provided Registered Terminal Equipment, Registered Protective Circuitry and

Registered Communications Systems

Customer-provided registered terminal equipment, registered protective circuitry, and registered communications systems may be directly connected at the customer’s premises to the telecommunications network subject to Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Rules and Regulations, as provided in this section of the tariff.

A. All combinations of registered equipment and associated non-registered terminal

equipment (including but not limited to wiring) shall be installed, operated and maintained so that the requirements of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Rules and Regulations are continually satisfied.

The company may discontinue service or impose other remedies as provided for in Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Rules and Regulations for failure to comply with these provisions.

B. The customer shall notify the Company of each line to which registered equipment is to

be connected in advance of such connection and shall notify the company when such registered equipment is permanently disconnected. The customer shall provide the company the Registration Number and Ringer equivalence Number for the registered equipment and the company-provided standard jack required.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF REGISTERED EQUIPMENT (continued) 1. Customer-Provided Registered Terminal Equipment, Registered Protective Circuitry and

Registered Communications Systems (continued)

C. The customer shall not connect registered equipment to a Company line if:

1) the Ringer Equivalence of such equipment in combination with the total Ringer Equivalence of other equipment connected to the same line exceeds the allowable maximum of five or as otherwise determined by the company, or

2) the ringer is not of a type designated by the company as suitable for that particular

line.

D. Unless a specific waiver has been granted by the Federal Communications Commission or except as otherwise provided in “E” following, all connections of registered equipment to services furnished by the company shall be made through company-provided standard jacks; or, in the case of registered communications systems, through standard jacks wired in other than a standard manner, when such nonstandard wiring of the jack is agreed to by the company.

E. The requirement for the use of standard jack as described in “D” preceding is waived

for registered equipment which is located in hazardous or inaccessible locations. 2. Premises Wiring Associated with Registered Communications Systems

Premises Wiring is wiring which connects separately-housed equipment entities or system components to one another, or wiring which connects an equipment entity or system component with the telephone network interface, located at the customer’s premises and not within an equipment housing.

A) Fully-Protected Premises Wiring is premises wiring which is:

1) No greater than 25 feet in length (measured linearly from the point where it leaves

equipment or connector housings) and registered as a component of and supplied to the user with the registered terminal equipment or protective circuitry with which it is to be used.

2) A cord which complies with (1) preceding and which is extended once by a

registered extension cord. Extension cords may not be used as a substitute for wiring which for safety reasons should be affixed to or embedded in a building’s structure.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF REGISTERED EQUIPMENT (continued) 2. Premises Wiring Associated with Registered Communications Systems (continued)

A) Fully-Protected Premises Wiring is premises wiring which is:

1) Wiring located in an equipment room with restricted access, provided that this wiring remains exposed for inspection and is not concealed or embedded in the building’s structure that it conforms to Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commissions Rules and Regulations.

2) Electrically behind registered equipment, system components or protective circuitry

which assure that electrical contact between the wiring and commercial power wiring or earth ground will not result in hazardous voltages or excessive longitudinal imbalance at the telephone network interface.

B) Protected Premises Wiring Requiring Acceptance Testing for Imbalance is premises

wiring which is electrically behind registered equipment, system components or circuitry which assure that electrical contact between the wiring and commercial power wiring will not result in hazardous voltages at the telephone network interface.

C) Unprotected Premises Wiring is all other premises wiring.

3. Customers who intend to connect premises wiring other than Fully-Protected Premises

Wiring to the telephone network shall give advance notice to the company in accordance with the procedures specified in Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations or as otherwise authorized by the FCC.

The company may invoke extra-ordinary procedures specified in Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations where one or more of the following conditions are present:

A) Information provided in the supervisor’s affidavit gives reason to believe that a

violation of Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

B) A failure has occurred during acceptance testing for imbalance.

C) Harm has occurred, and there is reason to believe that this harm was a result of wiring operations performed under Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

In addition, the company may monitor or participate in acceptance testing for imbalance, or may inspect other than Fully-Protected Premises Wiring installations as set forth in Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CUSTOMER The customer shall be responsible for the installation, operation and maintenance of any customer-provided terminal equipment or communications system. No combinations of customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems shall require change in or alteration of the equipment or services of the company, unless that change or alteration is specifically permitted under the provisions of this tariff, or cause electrical hazards to company personnel, damage to company equipment, malfunction of company billing equipment, or degradation of service to persons other than the user of the subject terminal equipment or communications system, his calling or called party. Upon notice from the company that a customer-provided terminal equipment or communications system is causing such hazard, damage, malfunction or degradation of service, the customer shall make such changes as shall be necessary to remove or prevent such hazard, damage, malfunction or degradation of service. The customer shall be responsible for the payment of a Service Maintenance Charge as provided in “Service Connection Charges” for visits by a company employee to the customer’s premises when a service difficulty or trouble report results from the use of customer-provided terminal equipment or communications system. The customer indemnifies the company against and holds the company harmless from any and all losses, claims, demands, causes of action, damages, costs or liability, in law or in equity, of every kind and nature whatsoever (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, losses, claims, demands, causes of action, damages, costs or liability for libel, slander, fraudulent or misleading advertising, invasion of the right of privacy, or infringement of copyright or patent) arising directly or indirectly from the material transmitted over its facilities or arising directly or indirectly from any act or omission of the customer or the calling party while using or attempting to use facilities furnished by the company or arising from combining with, or using in connection with facilities of the company, any equipment or systems of the customer.




RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMPANY Telecommunications services are not represented as adapted to the use of customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems. Where customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems are used with telecommunications services, the responsibility of the company shall be limited to the furnishing of service components suitable for telecommunications services and to the maintenance and operation of service components in a manner proper for such services. Subject to this responsibility the company shall not be responsible for (1) the through transmission of signals generated by the customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems or for the quality of, or defects in, such transmission, or (2) the reception of signals by customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems, or (3) address signaling where such signaling is performed by customer-provided signaling equipment, or (4) installation, operation or maintenance or any customer-provided equipment. The company will, at the customer’s request, provided information concerning interface parameters, including the number of ringers which may be connected to a particular telephone line, needed to permit customer-provided terminal equipment to operate in a manner compatible with telecommunications services. The company may make changes in its telecommunications services, equipment, operations or procedures, where such action is not inconsistent with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations. If such changes can be reasonably expected to render any customer’s terminal equipment or communications system incompatible with telecommunications services, or require modification or alteration of such customer-provided terminal equipment or communications systems, or otherwise materially affect its use or performance, the customer will be given adequate notice, as determined by the company, in writing, to allow the customer an opportunity to maintain uninterrupted service. Where customer-provided equipment is used in lieu of company-provided equipment on a main or extension line with individual line residence or individual line business exchange service, the instrument charge will not apply.




VIOLATION OF REGULATIONS When any customer-provided terminal equipment or communications system is used with telecommunications services in violation of any of the provisions in this section, the company will take such immediate action as necessary for the protection of the telecommunications network and company employees, and will promptly notify the customer of the violation. The customer shall discontinue such use of the terminal equipment or communications system or correct the violation and shall confirm in writing to the company within ten (10) days, following the receipt of written notice from the company, that such use has ceased or that the violation has been corrected. Failure of the customer to discontinue such use or to correct the violation and to give the required written confirmation to the company within the time stated above shall result in suspension of the customer’s service until such time as the customer complies with the provisions of this tariff. DEFINITIONS

GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

The term “Grandfathered Communications Systems” as used in this section, denotes customer-provided communications systems (including their equipment, premises wiring and protective circuitry if any) connected at the customer’s premises, in accordance with any telephone company’s tariffs, and that are considered to be grandfathered under Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations because such systems were connected to the telecommunications network prior to January 1, 1980, and are of a type of system which was directly connected (i.e., without telephone company-provided connecting arrangements) to the telecommunications network as of June 1, 1978.

GRANDFATHERED CONNECTIONS OF COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM

The term “Grandfathered Connections of Communications Systems” as used in this section, denotes connections via telephone company-provided connecting arrangements of customer-provided communications systems (including their equipment and premises wiring) at the customer’s premises, in accordance with any telephone company’s tariffs, and that are considered to be grandfathered under Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations because such connections to the telecommunications network were made via telephone company-provided connecting arrangements prior to January 1, 1980, and such connecting arrangements are of a type of connecting arrangement connected to the telecommunications network as of June 1, 1978.




DEFINITIONS (continued)

GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT The term “Grandfathered Terminal Equipment” as used in this section, denotes customer-provided terminal equipment (including protective circuitry if any) connected at the customer’s premises, in accordance with any telephone company’s tariffs, and that is considered to be grandfathered under Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations because such terminal equipment was connected to the telecommunications network prior to July 1, 1979, and is of a type of terminal equipment which was directly connected (i.e. without telephone company-provided connecting arrangements) to the telecommunications network as of October 17, 1977.

GRANDFATHERED CONNECTIONS OF TERMINAL EQUIPMENT The term “Grandfathered Connections of Terminal Equipment” as used in this section, denotes connections via telephone company-provided connecting arrangements of customer-provided terminal equipment connected at the customer’s premises, in accordance with any telephone company’s tariffs, and that are considered to be grandfathered under Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations because such connections to the telecommunications network were made via telephone company-provided connecting arrangements prior to July 1, 1979, and such connecting arrangements are the same type of connecting arrangement connected to the telecommunications network as of October 17, 1977.

REGISTERED EQUIPMENT The term “Registered Equipment” as used in this section, denotes equipment which complies and has been approved within the Registration provisions of Part 68 or the FCC Rules and Regulations.

EQUIPMENT-TO-EQUIPMENT CONNECTION The term “Equipment-to-Equipment Connection” as used in this section, denotes the connection of equipment, which by itself is unregisterable for direct use with the telecommunications network, but is registerable or usable with host terminal equipment or communications systems which in turn may be registered in accordance with Part 68 of the Rules and Regulations for direct connection to the telecommunications network.

SERVICE TERMINATING ARRANGEMENT The term “Service Terminating Arrangement” as used in this section, denotes company-provided equipment which terminates exchange telephone service, used for Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service (LDMTS) or Wide Area Telecommunications Service (WATS) at a customer’s premises. The “Service Terminating Arrangement” provides a clearly delineated interface which facilitates the design, isolation, and testing of LDMTS or WATS. Where a protective connecting arrangement is required, the “Service Terminating Arrangement” is provided as part of the protective connecting arrangement.




INTERPOSITIONING OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Interpositioned customer premises equipment arrangements (i.e., arrangements of terminal equipment and communications systems) are those arrangements which require that company-provided equipment gain access to the telecommunications network through customer-provided equipment. Customer-provided equipment may be interpositioned at the customer’s premises either between the company-provided equipment and the telecommunications network or between items of company-provided equipment. Company-provided equipment will be furnished in an interpositioned configuration for use with telecommunications services in accordance with the following:

1. Customer-provided equipment to be connected in an interpositioned configuration must meet the requirements of Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

2. The connections between equipments of the interpositioned configuration must conform

to recognized standard interfaces such as those specified by the Electronics Industries Association (EIA) or authorized by Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

3. The interpositioning must occur at the same premises where the associated

telecommunications service is terminated.

4. Any premises wiring which is provided by the customer must be provided in accordance with provisions of Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

5. The company reserves the right to determine whether or not any individual

interpositioned configuration is technically feasible and compatible with company-provided services and equipment; however, if such a configuration is provided:

a. The company makes no representation as to the quality of transmission over an

interpositioned configuration. Maintenance responsibility for company-provided equipment so connected is limited to assuring that the company-provided equipment is functioning properly.

b. When interpositioned connections are made, it shall be the responsibility of the

customer to ensure the continuing compatibility of the customer-provided equipment with company-provided services and equipment.




EQUIPMENT-TO-EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS Equipment-to-equipment connections, as defined in definitions preceding, will only be permitted with company-provided host terminal equipment and communications systems when: 1. The supplier of the added equipment insures compliance of the combined host and

added equipment, including wiring, with Part 68 of the FCC rules and Regulations and provisions of this tariff.

2. Connection of the added equipment to the host is made through a company-provided

interface which:

a. Provides all points of connection between the added equipment and wiring internal to host equipment housings.

b. Permits reasonable trouble isolation, as determined by the company.

c. Is otherwise acceptable to the company for the specific connection to be

accomplished. 3. Such permission does not necessitate disclosure, by the company, of information

which is proprietary in nature. 4. The customer subscribing to the host notifies the company of the added equipment

and the host terminal equipment or communications system to which such added equipment is to be connected, in advance of such connection, and agrees to notify the company when such added equipment is permanently disconnected.

The company reserves the right to not allow, or to require disconnection of, an equipment-to-equipment connection to any company-provided host terminal equipment or communications system for reasons including, but not limited to: 1. Incompatibility of a specific equipment-to-equipment connection with the design

and/or functioning of a specific host of impairment in the performance of a specific host following such connection.

2. Inability to accommodate an equipment-to-equipment connection without

manufacturing or other modifications to the host which, in the opinion of the company, are unwarranted.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES EQUIPMENT-TO-EQUIPMENT CONNECTIONS (continued) Rates and charges for equipment-to-equipment connections to company-provided host terminal equipment and communications systems will be based on the costs attributable to the specific connection and/or disconnection involved. The customer subscribing to the host will be responsible for the payment of the Service Maintenance Charge as specified in “Service Connection Charges”, of this tariff for visits by a company employee to the customer’s premises in response to a service difficulty or trouble report resulting from the addition of customer-provided equipment to company-provided host terminal equipment or communications systems. CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Direct Connections Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Communications Systems Grandfathered terminal equipment and communications systems may remain directly connected and be moved and reconnected to the telecommunications network for the life of the equipment without registration and may be modified only in accordance with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations, subject to the following: 1. The customer shall notify the company when such grandfathered terminal

equipment is to connected and shall notify the company when such grandfathered terminal equipment is to be permanently disconnected; such notification shall include a description of the equipment including the manufacturer’s name, model number, and type of equipment;

2. all such connections are made through company-provided standard jacks or are

otherwise connected by the company; and 3. all such connections shall comply with the minimum protection criteria following; 4. premises wiring shall conform to Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations; 5. no changes may be made to equipment so connected except by the manufacturer

thereof, or a duly authorized agent of the manufacturer;



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (continued) Direct Connections (continued) Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Communications Systems (continued) 6. additions to grandfathered communications systems may be made without registration of any

additional equipment involved if:

a. equipment so added is being reconnected, i.e., was previously directly connected prior to January 1, 1980, in accordance with telephone company tariffs; and

b. such additions comply with the provisions of (1) through (5) preceding.

7. additions of registered equipment to grandfathered communications systems are subject to

the provisions of this section preceding. Customer-provided terminal equipment and customer-provided communications systems connected to the telecommunications network via customer-provided grandfathered protective circuitry are subject to the provisions preceding. Connections Through Connecting Arrangements Provided by the Company General 1. Basis of Connection

a. Grandfathered connections of terminal equipment and grandfathered connections of communications systems made in accordance with “b” below may remain connected and be moved and reconnected for the life of the equipment and may be modified only in accordance with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations. Connecting arrangements used for such moves and reconnections will continue to be provided by the company subject to their availability, at the rates and charges specified in this section.

b. Equipment-to-equipment connections made prior to July 1, 1980, may remain

connected and be moved and reconnected for the life of such devices or system components (and may be modified only in accordance with Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations), or for the life of the company-provided terminal equipment or communications system. Connecting arrangements used for reconnection of such customer-provided devices or system components will continue to be provided by the company, subject to their availability at the rates and charges specified in this section.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED SYSTEMS (Continued) Connections Through Connecting Arrangements Provided by the Company (continued) General (continued) 1. Basis of Connection (continued)

c. Customer-provided communications systems which are not subject to Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations may be connected in accordance with this section. Company-provided connecting arrangements are furnished for the connection of such systems at the rates and charges specified in this section.

d. Separate, identifiable and discrete protective circuitry (i.e., connecting

arrangements) used for grandfathered connections of communications systems to the telecommunications network may be removed or replaced with apparatus of lesser protective function, provided that any equipment, and any premises wiring whose classification is changed thereby, conforms to Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations.

2. Network Control Signaling

Network control signaling shall be performed by equipment furnished, installed and maintained by the company, except that:

a. Customer-provided tone-type address signaling is permissible through a

company-provided connecting arrangement. When the customer has the capability to originate calls by means of such instruments and special central office facilities exist, the rates and charges for Tel-Touch Service specified in this tariff apply.

3. Grandfathered Connections of Terminal Equipment

A. Data Terminal Equipment

Subject to the provisions of “1.a" preceding, customer-provided data terminal equipment (including telephotograph equipment) may be connected at the customer’s premises to the telecommunications network through a network control signaling unit and a data access arrangement provided by the company in accordance with the following:



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) 3. Grandfathered Connections of Terminal Equipment (continued)

A. Data Terminal Equipment (continued)

1) The customer shall furnish the equipment which performs the functions of:

a. conditioning the data signals generated by the customer-provided terminal equipment to signals suitable for transmission by means of company services, and

b. conditioning signals transmitted by means of company services to data

signals suitable for reception by customer-provided equipment.

2) The customer-provided data terminal equipment must comply with the minimum protection criteria specified in this section following.

3) Where a data access arrangement is furnished in connection with

customer-provided terminal equipment and such terminal equipment is used for both voice and data communication, the data access arrangement may be used to connect the customer-provided terminal equipment for voice communication.

B. Voice Terminal Equipment

Subject to the provisions of “1.a” preceding, customer-provided voice terminal equipment may be connected at the customer’s premises to the telecommunications network in accordance with the following:

1) The connection shall be made through a network control signaling unit and

a connecting arrangement furnished by the company. In accordance with this tariff, a connecting arrangement is not required for the connection of Attested Equipment of Conforming Answering Devices.

2) Where a data access arrangement is furnished in connection with

customer-provided terminal equipment and such terminal equipment is used for both voice and data communication, the data access arrangement may be used to connect the customer-provided terminal equipment for voice communication.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (continued) 3. Grandfathered Connections of Terminal Equipment (continued)

B. Voice Terminal Equipment (continued)

3) The customer-provided voice terminal equipment must comply with the minimum protection criteria specified in this section following.

4. Grandfathered Connections of Communications Systems

Subject to the provisions of “1.a” preceding, customer-provided communications systems may be connected at the customer’s premises to telecommunications services in accordance with the following:

A. The connection shall be through a network control signaling unit and

connecting arrangement furnished by the company.

B. The provisions relating to minimum protection criteria set forth in this section following shall apply to the connection of customer-provided communications systems.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS Minimum Protection Criteria for Electrical Connections To prevent excessive noise and crosstalk in the network, it is necessary that the power of the signal at the central office not exceed 12 dB below one milliwatt when averaged over any three-second interval. To insure that this limit is not exceeded the power of the signal which may be applied by the customer-provided equipment to the company interface located on the customer’s premises will be specified for each customer location but in no case shall it exceed one milliwatt. To protect other services, it is necessary that the signal which is applied by the customer-provided equipment to the company interface located on the customer’s premises meet the following limits:

1. The power in the band from 3,995 Hertz to 4,005 Hertz shall be at least 18 dB below the power of the signal as specified above.

2. The power in the band from 4,005 Hertz to 10,000 Hertz shall be at least 16 dB

below one milliwatt.

3. The power in the band from 10,000 Hertz to 25,000 Hertz shall be at least 24 dB below one milliwatt.

4. The power in the band from 25,000 Hertz to 40,000 Hertz shall be at least 36

dB below one milliwatt.

5. The power in the band above 40,000 shall not exceed 50 dB below one milliwatt. To prevent the interruption or disconnection of a call, or interference with network control signaling, it is necessary that the signal applied by the customer-provided equipment to the company interface located on the customer’s premises at no time have energy solely in the 2,450 to 2,750 Hertz band. If signal power is in the 2,450 to 2,750 Hertz band, it must not exceed the power present at the same time in the 800 to 2,450 Hertz band.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) Attested Equipment Connected Prior to July 1, 1980 Until July 1, 1980, customer-provided headsets and non-powered conferencing equipment which met the standards and procedures set forth by the company for Attested Equipment may be connected at the customer’s premises to the telecommunications network in accordance with (1) through (5) following. Such equipment may remain connected and be moved and reconnected in accordance therewith for the life of the equipment unless subsequently modified. 1. The connection shall be made through an interface termination (e.g., headset jack) provided

by the company. 2. The Identification Number issued by the company to the manufacturer or supplier must

appear on each unit of Attested Equipment utilized. 3. Customers must notify the company of their intention to connect Attested Equipment. Such

notification must include the Identification Number of the equipment and the location at which that equipment is to be used.

4. Attested Equipment may not:

a. be connected to a source of electrical power which is external to the telecommunications network;

b. be grounded;

c. perform any network control signaling functions prior to and including the

establishment of the intended transmission path;

d. have amplification in the transmission path (other than single ended terminal devices with the maximum gain limited so that the output power meets the minimum protection criteria set forth in the preceding); and

e. use writing external to such equipment that is permanently affixed at the site of the

installation other than portable connections compatible with the interface terminations provided by the company.

5. Attested Equipment must comply with the minimum protection criteria set forth in the

preceding “Minimum Protection Criteria for Electrical Connections”.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) Attested Equipment Connected Prior to July 1, 1980 (continued) In the event Attested Equipment bearing an Identification Number does not meet the requirements set forth by the company, the customer using such Attested Equipment shall either disconnect the equipment from the company service or arrange for connection of the equipment in accordance with the preceding. Conforming Answering Devices Connected Prior to July 1, 1979 Customer-provided Conforming Answering Devices which meet the standards and procedures set forth by the company for Conforming Answering Devices and which were connected at the customer’s premises to the telecommunications network prior to July 1, 1979, in accordance with (1) through (5) following, may remain connected and be moved and reconnected in accordance therewith for the life of the equipment, unless subsequently modified.

1. Customers shall notify the company of their intention to connect Conforming Answering Devices. Such notification shall include the location at which the Conforming Answering Device is to be used as well as its Conformance Number.

2. The Conforming Answering Device shall only be connected by means of a jack or jack

arrangement provided by the company.

3. The Conforming Answering Device shall be operated and maintained in accordance with those instructions furnished with such Conforming Answering Device as required by the company.

4. Conforming Answering Devices may not:

a. be used to transmit or receive data signals;

b. be used to originate calls.

5. The Conforming Answering Device shall comply with the minimum protection criteria

set forth in “Minimum Protection Criteria for Electrical Connections”. In the event that an answering device bearing a Conformance Number does not meet the requirements of the company for Conforming Answering Devices, the customer using such answering device shall either disconnect the device from the company service or arrange for connection of the device in accordance with “connections of Registered Equipment” preceding.




CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHER COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) ACOUSTIC OR INDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS Customer-provided voice or data terminal equipment (including telephotograph equipment) and customer-provided communications systems may be acoustically or inductively connected at the customer’s premises to the telecommunications network provided the acoustic or inductive connection is made externally to the network control signaling unit when such unit is provided by the company. Customer-provided tone-type address signaling is permitted through such connections, however, the services of the company are not designed for such use and the company makes no representation as to the reliability of address signaling which is performed in such manner. Accessories Customer-provided accessories may be used with telecommunications services provided that such accessories comply with the provisions preceding. Connections of Customer-Provided Communications Systems Not Subject to Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission’s Rules and Regulations Customer-provided communications systems not subject to Part 68 of the FCC Rules and Regulations may be connected with telecommunications services in accordance with “a, b and c” following. These communications systems (including channels derived from such systems), not exceeding voice grade, may be connected at the customer’s premises provided that:

a. The connection is made through a connecting arrangement furnished by the company.

b. The connection is:

1. Through switching equipment, or

2. Through a network control signaling unit and connecting arrangement furnished by the company, or

3. Directly to the company-provided connecting arrangement if the customer-provided

communications system is arranged to promptly return the exchange telephone service or WATS line to an idle (on hook) state if the system fails. The customer shall then notify the company of the failed condition.

c. The provisions relating to minimum protection criteria set forth preceding shall apply

to the connection of customer-provided communications systems.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF GRANDFATHERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GRANDFATHERED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) Connections of Customer-Provided Terminal Equipment to Services Specifically Exempted from the Federal Communications Commission’s Registration Program Customer-provided terminal equipment may not be connected to services specifically exempted from the Federal Communications Commission’s Registration Program. Such services are public coin telephone service. Connections of Service Station Lines and Facilities Furnished by the Customer Which Involve Hazardous or Inaccessible Locations Except as otherwise provided below, service station lines, and facilities furnished by the customer which involve hazardous or inaccessible locations, may be connected to the telecommunications network. Customer-provided terminal equipment and communications systems connected to the telecommunications network in accordance with above prior to January 1, 1980, may remain connected and be moved and reconnected for the life the equipment without registration unless subsequently modified. New installations of customer-provided terminal equipment and communications systems to the telecommunications network in accordance with “Connections of Registered Equipment” preceding.

(T)

Issue Date: 8/21/86 Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1100 North 18th Street, Second Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 1. General Provision

Communications systems provided by the Other Common Carrier hereafter referred to as the OCC, may be connected with the facilities furnished by the company for exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service, and Wide Area Telecommunications Service as specified in 2 through 8 following.

2. Responsibility of the Customer

Where exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Services, and Wide Area Telecommunications Service are available under this tariff for use in connection with OCC-provided communications systems, the operating characteristics of such systems shall be such as not to interfere with any of the services offered by the company. Such use is subject to the further provisions that the OCC-provided systems do not endanger the safety of company employees or the public; damage, require change in, or alteration of, the equipment or other facilities unless the change or alteration is specifically permitted under the provisions of “Equipment-to-Equipment Connections” of this tariff; impair the operation of the telecommunications system or otherwise injure the public in its use of company’s services. Upon notice from the company that the OCC-provided system is causing or is likely to cause such hazard or interference, the customer shall arrange with the OCC to make such change as shall be necessary to remove or prevent such hazard or interference.

The customer shall be responsible for payment of a Service Maintenance Charge, as set forth in “Service Connection Charges” for each repair visit by the company to the premises of the customer where the service difficulty results from the use of equipment, facilities, or services provided by an Other Common Carrier.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES COMMUNICATIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) 3. Network Control Signaling

Satisfactory performance of the telecommunications network requires continuing functional capability of the network control signals and the switching equipment involved. To assure such continuing capability, network control signaling (except customer-provided or OCC-provided connecting arrangement) in the furnishing of telecommunications service shall be performed by equipment furnished, installed and maintained by the company or the OCC.

4. Conditions for Connection of Other Common Carrier-Provided Communications

Systems at the Premises of the Customer

Other Common Carrier-provided communications systems (including channels derived from such systems) analog, not exceeding voice or digital, may be connected with exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Services, or Wide Area Telecommunications Service at the premises of the customer, provided that the connection is only made through a Service Termination Arrangement in one of the following ways:

a. The connection is either through equipment which effects such connection

externally to a company-provided network control signaling unit by means of an acoustic or inductive connection for transmitting and/or receiving or through direct electrical connection in accordance with “b” or “c” below.

b. Where the connection with the OCC-provided communications systems involves

direct electrical connection to the facilities furnished by the company for exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service, or Wide area Telecommunications Service, such connection shall be made:

1) Through switching equipment,

2) Through a channel derivation device, or

3) Directly to the Service Terminating Arrangement



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS 4. Conditions for Connection of Other Common Carrier-Provided Communications

Systems at the Premises of the Customer (Continued)

c. Where the connection is made by means of switching equipment provided by the customer, or by means of a channel derivation device provided by the customer, such switching equipment or derivation device, and the facilities provided by the OCC shall be treated as a customer-provided communications system and the regulations applicable to the connection of customer-provided communications systems shall apply, as set forth in “Connections of Registered Equipment” and “Connections of Grandfathered Terminal Equipment and Grandfathered Communications Systems”.

d. Connection may be made if the forms of electrical communication are the same

and consistent with those for which the company-provided service is offered. Connections are not represented as being suitable for satisfactory transmission.

e. The rates and charges for connection with OCC-provided communications

systems shall be the same as those that would apply if company services were so connected. The rates and charges to the customer are in addition to the rates and charges made by the OCC for the services and channels which it provides.

f. The customer has a requirement to communicate over the WATS line to or from

the premises of that customer located in the same state and state subdivision as that for which the WATS initial period rate applies. Other Common Carrier-provided communications systems which are connected directly to the Service Terminating Arrangement must terminate only in that WATS same state and state subdivision in terminal equipment or a multiline terminating system.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) 5. Conditions for Connection of Other Common Carrier-Provided Communications

Systems at the Premises of the Company

a. Communications Systems (utilizing central office connecting facilities), not exceeding voice grade, provided by an OCC to a customer may be directly connected at the premises of the company with exchange service or Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service furnished by the company to the same customer, provided such connections are made through:

1) Individual exchange lines or PABX trunk exchange lines to permit

communications via the OCC-provided communications system, to or from the customer’s premises located in an exchange foreign to the exchange in which the connection is made.

2) Centrex control switching equipment furnished in accordance with other

provisions of this tariff.

b. Communications Systems (utilizing central office connecting facilities), not exceeding voice grade, provided by an OCC to a customer may be connected at the premises of the company with WATS furnished by the company to the same customer, provided the connection is made through:

1) Centrex control switching equipment furnished in accordance with other

provisions of this tariff.

2) Common control switching arrangements or a switching center for enhanced private switched communications services in accordance with Section 4 of Tariff F. C. C. No. 260.

The connections specified above shall be made only if:

a) The customer has a requirement to originate or terminate

communications over the WATS line to do or from premises of that customer located in the same state and state subdivision as that for which the WATS initial period rate applies; and

b) The forms or electrical communications are the same and consistent

with those for which the company-provided service is provided.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) 5. Conditions for Connection of Other Common Carrier-Provided Communications

Systems at the Premises of the Company (Continued)

c. Channels (utilizing central office connecting facilities), not exceeding voice grade, provided by an OCC, to a customer may be connected with WATS arranged for outward service furnished by the company to the same customer, at the WATS central office which normally serves the customer’s premises provided that:

1) The customer has a requirement to originate communications over the

WATS line from premises of that customer located in the same state and state subdivision as that for which the WATS initial period rate applies;

2) Connection shall be made only if the forms of electrical communications

are the same and consistent with those for which the company-provided service is offered;

3) Such OCC channel is dedicated to the exclusive use of the WATS customer

and is terminated at the premises of the OCC in switching equipment provided by the OCC to the WATS customer as part of its authorized domestic switched private line service;

4) All communications over outward WATS will originate at the premises of

the WATS customer via an access channel to the OCC’s switching arrangement. That access channel will be dedicated to the private use of the WATS customer and not used or usable for public communications service.

6. OCC Service

All arrangements for service provided by an OCC shall be made by the customer with that carrier. The furnishing of exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service, and Wide Area Telecommunications Service by the company is not a part of a joint undertaking with the OCC.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) 7. Responsibility of the Company

The company shall not be responsible for the installation, operation or maintenance of any OCC-provided communications equipment or system. Exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Services, and Wide Area Telecommunications Service are not represented as adapted to the use of OCC-provided equipment or systems and where such equipment or systems are connected to company facilities, the responsibility of the company shall be limited to the furnishing of facilities suitable for exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service, or Wide Area Telecommunications Service and to the maintenance and operation of such facilities in a manner proper for such telecommunications service; subject to this responsibility, the company shall not be responsible for (1) the through transmission of signals generated by the OCC-provided equipment or system or for the quality of, or defects in, such transmission, or (2) the reception of signals by the OCC-provided equipment or system or (3) network control signaling where such signaling is performed by OCC-provided network control signaling equipment.

Where an OCC-provided communications system utilizes satellite facilities, or is connected to a communications system which utilizes satellite facilities, the connection of such OCC-provided system to WATS may result in the utilization of two or more satellite circuits on the same combined connected facilities. The responsibility of the company where such a system is connected to WATS shall be limited to the furnishing or facilities suitable for WATS and to the maintenance and operation of such facilities in a manner proper for such telecommunications service. Subject to this responsibility the company shall not be responsible for the quality of the through transmission of signals on such connection. Except for defects in the WATS, the company shall not apply any allowance for impaired transmission resulting from such connection to the charges for WATS associated with such connection.

The company shall not be responsible to the customer or OCC, if changes in minimum network protection criteria or in any of the facilities, operations or procedures of the company render any facilities provided by an OCC thereof, obsolete or require modification or alteration of such equipment or system, or otherwise affect its use or performance.



CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTIONS OF OTHER COMMON CARRIER-PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS (Continued) 8. Violation of Regulations

When any OCC-provided system is connected to the Exchange, Long Distance Message Telecommunications Service, or Wide Area Telecommunications Service, in violation of any of the provisions in “Connections of Other Common Carrier-Provided Communications Systems”, the company will take such immediate action as necessary for the protection of the network, and will promptly notify the customer of the violation. The customer shall discontinue such connection of the equipment, or system or correct the violation and shall confirm in writing to the company within ten days, following the receipt of written notice from the company, that such connection has ceased or that the violation has been corrected. Failure of the customer to discontinue such connection or to correct the violation and to give the required written confirmation to the company within the time stated above shall result in suspension of the customer’s service until such time as the customer complies with the provisions of this tariff.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-A

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES General Telephone equipment provided by the customer may be connected at the customer’s premises to the party line services furnished by the Company where such connections are made in accordance with the following regulations. Regulations 1. Telephone equipment provided by the customer may be connected at the customer’s

premises to the party line services furnished by the Company only when:

a) the CPE meets Company standards, and b) the telephone equipment can be properly modified, in the opinion of the

Company, for use with party line service, and c) the Company has modified the CPE to achieve compatibility with the particular

configuration of the customer’s party line service, or d) in lieu of b) and c), modification of the telephone is not necessary when a

combination protector/interface equipped for party line service has been installed by the Company. This combination protector/interface may be installed on the customer’s premises at the time party line service is established. Also, this combination protector/interface may be installed on existing party line service at the request of the customer at the charges specified in Section IV.

2. When the customer-provided telephone equipment has met the conditions specified

in B.1.a) and b), the Company will modify the telephone equipment at charges set forth in “Rates” following. The Company will modify customer-provided equipment only when the customer provides, to the Company’s satisfaction,

a) all parts necessary, and b) schematics (wiring diagrams), and c) instructions from the telephone equipment vendor for the proper modification of

the telephone equipment to the customer’s party line service.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-B

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 3. Certain telephone equipment is not eligible for connection to party line service,

including, but not limited to:

a) equipment specifically designated “for individual line service only”, b) automatic alarm dialers, c) automatic answering equipment, d) data modems, e) any device with the ability to seize the circuit for an indeterminate length of

time, f) automatic dialing equipment that is not compatible with the central office

facilities, and/or g) any other equipment which, in the opinion of the Company, causes harm to the

network or interferes with any service provided by the Company. 4. The customer must notify the Company in advance of the connection or permanent

disconnection of telephone equipment. 5. The Company has the right to perform tests on the service to assure proper operation

and compatibility of any CPE connected to Company facilities. 6. The Company may make changes to its party line service facilities and agrees to

make modifications made necessary by those changes to any equipment connected to those facilities. The customer must furnish the technical wiring instructions and parts required, if any, to make the changes.

7. At the request of the customer, the Company will remodify and CPE it previously

modified for party line service to adapt that CPE for individual line service at no charge. The customer must provided any parts, schematics and/or wiring instructions which, in the opinion of the Company, are necessary to complete the modification.

8. Any customer who requests the Company to modify CPE must sign a release of

liability and indemnification agreement described below prior to the modification. Certain material on this sheet is now located on 1st Revised Sheet 36-C.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-C

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 8. Any customer who requests the Company to modify CPE must sign a release of

liability and indemnification agreement as described below prior to the modification.

Customer Release of Liability and Indemnification Agreement

a. The customer understands that the Company’s modifications of the customer’s telephone equipment for party line service may remove the telephone equipment from the manufacturer’s warranty, and

b. The customer understands that the Company’s modification of the customer’s

telephone equipment may remove the telephone equipment from FCC Registration status, and

c. The customer shall indemnify, protect and save harmless the Company from

any and all claims, demands, causes of action and costs, including attorney’s fees, which arise directly or indirectly from the removal of the telephone equipment from the manufacturer’s warranty and/or the removal from FCC Registration Status because of the Company’s modification of the customer’s telephone equipment for party line service. Additionally, the customer agrees that the Company shall have the right to recover from the customer all reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses in connection with enforcement of the indemnity and save harmless provisions in this paragraph.

9. Modifications performed by the Company will be guaranteed as follows: Certain material on this Sheet is now located on 1st Revised Sheet 36-D.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-D

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 9. Modifications performed by the Company will be guaranteed as follows:

LIMITED GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY

1) Coverage

The Company guarantees its workmanship provided in the modification of this customer-provided telephone equipment against malfunctions for a period of thirty days from the date the modification was performed. The dated Company invoice and proof of modification sticker will serve as proof of guarantee. If there is a defect or malfunction in the workmanship performed the Company will remodify the set at not charge to the customer if the defect or malfunction is reported to an authorized Company representative within the guarantee period.

LIMITED GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY 2) Exclusions

This guarantee shall not apply to malfunctions resulting from any accident, fire, alteration, abuse, misuse, acts of God such as floods, storms, or earthquakes, acts of war, gross negligence, willful damage, vandalism or any unauthorized repair.

The Company does not guarantee that the Company modified customer-provided telephone equipment will work with any party line service other than the Company party line service the telephone equipment is connected to for a period of thirty days from the time the modification was performed. This is the only Company guarantee of the workmanship.

THE COMPANY MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED GUARANTEE OR WARRANTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, A WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OF ANY OF THE CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT, OR PARTS USED IN THE MODIFICATION OF THE EQUIPMENT.

Certain material on this Sheet was previously found on 1st Revised Sheet 36-C.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-E

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 9. (Continued)

LIMITED GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY (Continued)

2) Exclusions (Continued)

THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NT LIMITED TO LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE CUSTOMER’S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS MODIFICATION, WITHE SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT.

WITH RESPECT TO ANY CLAIM OR SUIT, BY A CUSTOMER OR BY ANY OTHERS, FOR DAMAGES OR INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTALLATION, PROVISION, TERMINATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR OR RESTORATION OF SERVICE ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY OUT OF WORKMANSHIP PROVIDED HEREIN, THE COMPANY’S LIABILITY IF ANY, INCLUDING LIABILITY FOR ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE OR NEGLIGENCE OF ITS AGENTS, SHALL BE LIMITED TO REMODIFICATION OF THE SET.

THIS LIMITED GUARANTEE SETS FORTH THE ENTIRE LIABILITY AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY WITH RESPECT TO BREACH OR WARRANTY, AND THE WARRANTY SET FORTH OR LIMITED HEREIN ARE THE SOLE WARRANTIES AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED.

3. State Law Rights

Some states do not allow limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusions or limitations may or may not apply to you.

This guarantee gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-F

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 9. (Continued)

LIMITED GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY (Continued)

4) Customer Responsibility

To obtain repairs of the modification under the above guarantee, the customer must call the Company repair number which can be found in the telephone directory, or call any Company Business Office, collect.

When the repair person arrives and before any work is performed, the customer must present proof of the date the guarantee commenced.

The customer must also provide all technical wiring information concerning the equipment before any work is performed. If replacement parts are needed in providing the repair, the customer must provide them before any work is performed.

Rates and Charges 1. The customer will be responsible for all charges, as specified in Section IV, for any

work performed by the Company in the initial or any subsequent modifications on the CPE.

2. The customer will be billed a Maintenance of Service Charge, as specified in Section

IV, when:

a. a request for initial or subsequent modification is not possible because, in the opinion of the Company: the CPE is not modifiable, or the customer did not provide schematics, wiring instructions and/or parts which are necessary to perform the modification, or

b. a visit to the customer’s premises is required due to a trouble report and the

trouble is found to be in the CPE.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VI TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 36-G

CONNECTION WITH CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONNECTION OF CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (CPE) TO PARTY LINE SERVICES (Continued) Rates and Charges (Continued) 3. No charges will apply when:

a. a visit to the customer’s premises is required due to a trouble report where the trouble is found to be in the Company performed modification and the modification is within the guarantee period, or

b. the malfunction or trouble is found to be in the Company network and not

caused by the CPE.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 1

LINE EXTENSION Rates Line extension cost to be borne by the company in serving the immediate applicant (s) shall not be less than five times the annual exchange (local service) revenue of the applicant (s) for the class of service offered. Conditions 1. Construction charges are made to subscribers under certain conditions, as

hereinafter set forth, to cover all or a portion of the costs involved in the establishment or rearrangement of service and are in addition to the rate for the class of service furnished and any service, installation or nonrecurring charges, mileage charges or other similar charges that my apply.

2. All rates and charges quoted in this tariff provide for the furnishing of service and/or

equipment where suitable plant is available or when the construction of the necessary plant is available or when the construction of the necessary plant does not involve excessive costs.

3. Except as otherwise provided herein, the conditions in this section contemplate usual

construction, i.e., the type of construction which the company would provide for the area and for the quantity and class of service involved if the decision rested solely with it.

4. When construction is required for temporary service and there is an immediate

prospect of reusing the plant provided, the subscriber may be required to bear all or a portion of the cost of such construction.

5. If the cost which this company must bear under Rates above equals the estimated

cost of the proposed extension, this company shall construct it without cost to the applicant (s) initially served.

6. If the established cost of the proposed extension exceeds the amount which this

company is required to bear, the excess cost may be distributed equitably among all applicants initially served by the extension.

7. Line extension charges to be paid by the applicant (s) may be paid in cash, in a lump

sum, or as a surcharge over a period of time at the option of this company, not to exceed sixty months.

Issue Date: Filed By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 5/17/76 1100 North 18th Street, Second Floor Order Number: Monroe, LA 71201


LINE EXTENSION CHARGES Conditions (continued) 8. The estimated cost of acquiring and clearing right-of-way necessary for the

construction of line extensions shall be included in the total estimated cost of the proposed extension.

9. Where pole attachments may be made in lieu of new construction for which the

applicant (s) would be assessed excess construction cost, the subscribers may be required to pay the rental charges for such attachments, or they may be required to pay excess construction costs as though the service were provided without the use of attachments.

10. Except as provided in filed tariffs, the ownership of all facilities constructed as herein

provided shall be vested in this company and no portion of the cost assessed against the applicant (s) shall be refunded by this company.

11. When an applicant for service is located where plant facilities are not available and

construction is required, to either augment existing facilities or new construction is required, and the revenue is not expected to be sufficient to insure, within a reasonable time, a fair return on the necessary investment, the Company will provide plant construction in the following method:

An allowance of five times the estimated annual local exchange service revenue will be made to the applicant. All costs in excess of this allowance will be borne by the applicant (s).



LINE EXTENSION CHARGES Charges for Unusual Installations

Private Branch Distribution Systems

Facilities furnished for private branch distribution systems may require special construction charges, special monthly recurring charges, or both or a termination agreement. These charges will only apply where facilities are extended outside the building in which the private branch exchange equipment is located and where revenues received from such mileage charges are insufficient to justify construction.

Construction in New Real Estate Developments

When promoters desire to have telephone service made available for prospective residents without cost other than the regular service charges and in the judgement of the company the financial risk involved in the extension of the facility does not warrant the expenditure, the promoters may make the following arrangement:

Deposit with the company the estimated cost of providing facilities within the development to serve an agreed number of customers. There shall be no interest paid on this deposit.

Receive a refund for each new customer attached to the system after each six-month period. The amount of the refund is determined by dividing the total amount of the deposit by the estimated number of customers. The period of development for which refunds will apply shall not exceed five (5) years.

Underground Service Entrances

Underground cable facilities will be given first consideration in new residential subdivisions as standard construction at no additional cost; however, the type of construction, whether aerial or underground, will be determines by the company.

If special underground construction is requested by the customer or if underground facilities are placed under adverse conditions, the customer will bear the excess cost of such construction or provide the ditch and backfill. Excess cost is the difference between the special construction cost and the standard construction cost.

When a special type construction is furnished to a customer, such as underground service connections, in an area normally served aerially, an additional charge is made equal to the difference between the estimated cost of the special type of construction and the average cost of the standard construction. In the case of special construction , the customer is required to bear unusual maintenance costs.



LINE EXTENSION CHARGES

Charges for Unusual Installations (continued)

Underground Service Entrance (continued)

Where, by ordinance or other legal requirements, existing facilities are required to be relocated underground in an area the company would not, except for such ordinance or other legal requirements, install its facilities underground, the company may charge the cost of such relocation to the customers (or others requiring such relocations) served by the relocated facilities.

The cost of relocating underground entrance facilities at the customer’s request will be borne by him.

Special Types of Construction

When a special type of construction other than those covered preceding is desired by a customer or when the individual requirements of a particular situation make the construction unusually expensive, the customer is required to bear the excess cost of such construction. Any special maintenance expense that may from time to time occur will be borne by the customer except that maintenance of buried service wire, including associated trenching where required, will be at the expense of the company.

Rearrangement of Existing Plant

When the company is requested to move or change existing plant for which no specific charge is quoted in this tariff, the person at whose request such move or change is made will be required to bear the costs incurred.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII INDEX TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 1 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 1

Page Advance Payments 10 Application for Service 2, 2-A Application for Business Rates 3 Application for Residence Rates 4 Cancellation for Cause 10 Cancellation of Application for Service 31 Deposits 9 Discontinuance and Restoration of Service 11 - 15 Emergency Calls on Party Lines - Warning: 33 Establishment of Credit 8 Explosion Proof Equipment 19-A Extension Stations 33-A Impairment of Service Due to Customer-Provided Equipment 30 Liability of the Company 17 - 19 Minimum Service Period 6 Misuse of Directory Assistance Service 15 Obligation of Company to Provide and Maintain Service 25 - 28 Off-Premises Extension Stations 33-B Payment of Bills 7 Resale of Service 10 Restricted Service 30 Rights-a-Way (Special or Private) 30 Special Construction or Installation 20 - 24 Special Equipment and/or Arrangements 30 Tampering With Facilities 31 Taxes and Fees Chargeable to Customers 10 Telephone Directories, Listings and Numbers 16 Temporary Facilities 31 Transfer of Service Between Subscribers 29 Unauthorized Attachments or Connections 31 Undertaking of the Company 1 Use of Facilities of Other Connecting Companies 32 Use of Party Line Service 33 Use of Subscriber Service 5

Issue Date: 12/22/87 Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1/01/88 P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 1

RULES AND REGULATIONS

UNDERTAKING OF THE COMPANY The company does not undertake to transmit messages, but offers the use of its facilities, where applicable, for communication between parties subject to the terms and conditions specified in this tariff.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 2

Cancels Original Sheet 2 APPLICATION FOR SERVICE a. Applications for service will be made on the Telephone company’s standard form of

application. These applications become contracts when accepted in writing by the Telephone company, or upon the establishment of service. Applicants for service may be required to pay in advance at the time application is made, all charges accruing for th first billing period for exchange service and equipment, and the service charges if applicable. The terms and conditions specified in such contracts are subject to these General Rules and Regulations, and the General Exchange Tariffs for the particular exchange from which service is to be furnished. Any change in rates, rules or regulations shall act as a modification of the contract to that extent, without further notice.

Request from subscribers for additional service, equipment, etc., may be made verbally, if the original provides for such additional service and equipment as may be ordered, and no advance payment will be required. A move from one location to another within the same Exchange Area is not considered to terminate the contract and orders for such moves may be made verbally.

b. The Company reserves the right to refuse service to any applicant who is found to

be indebted to the Company or any other Telephone Company for service previously furnished until satisfactory arrangements have been made for the payment of all such indebtedness. The Company may also refuse to furnish service to any applicant desiring to establish service for former subscribers of the Company or any other Telephone Company who are indebted for previous service, regardless of the listing request for such service, until satisfactory arrangements have been made for the payment of such indebtedness. The Company reserves the right to refuse service to any applicant(s) for service where a former subscriber who is indebted to the Company for previous service, is residing in the household where service is to be provided or who has access to the telephone service requested.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 2-A

APPLICATION FOR SERVICE (Continued) c. If telephone service is established and it is subsequently determined that any of

the conditions in “b” above exists, the Company may suspend or disconnect such service until satisfactory arrangements have been made for the payment of the prior indebtedness.

d. When an application for service and facilities or requests for additions,

rearrangements, relocations or modifications of service and equipment are cancelled in hole or in part prior to completion of the work involved, the applicant is required to reimburse the Company for all expense incurred in handling the request before notice or cancellation is received. Such charge, however, is not to exceed all charges which should apply if the work involved in complying with the request had been completed.

e. When equipment has been ordered for the specific needs of a subscriber and the

installation thereof is unduly delayed by or at the request of the subscriber, appropriate charges apply for such equipment for the period of the delay.

f. When a subscriber request a change in location of all or a part of the facilities

covered by his application for service, or requests additions, rearrangements or modifications of his existing service and equipment prior to completion of the work involved, he is required to pay the difference between the total costs and expenses incurred by the Company in completing the work involved and that which would have been incurred had the final location of the facilities been specified initially.



Cancels Original Sheet 3 APPLICATION OF BUSINESS RATES Although in general business rates apply at business locations and residence rates apply at residence locations, the determination as to whether subscriber service should be classified as business or residence is based on the character of use to be made of the service. Business rates apply whenever the use of the service is primarily or substantially of a business, professional, institutional or otherwise occupational nature or where the listing required is such as to indicate business use. Business rates apply for:

Boarding houses (except as noted under Application of Residence Rates), offices of hotels, halls and offices of apartment buildings, quarters occupied by clubs or lodges, public, private, or parochial schools, or colleges, hospitals, libraries, college fraternity houses, and other similar institutions (but excluding dormitory rooms at such schools and colleges).

At residence locations when the subscriber has no regular business telephone and the use of the service either by himself, members of his household, or his guests, or parties calling him can be considered as more of a business than of a residence nature, which fact might be indicated by advertising, either by business cards, newspapers, hand bills, billboards, circulars, motion picture screens, or other advertising matter, such as on vehicles, etc., or when such business use is not such as commonly arises and passes over to residence telephones during the intervals when, in compliance with the law or established custom, business places are ordinarily closed.

Where a place of business and residence of a subscriber are in the same premises and no telephone is installed in the place of business, the business rate shall be charged for the telephone installed in the residence.

At residence locations, when an extension station or extension bell is located in a shop, office or other place of business.

At any location where the listing of the service at that location indicates a business, trade or profession, except as specified under Application of Residence Rates.

All other locations where the subscriber's primary use of the service is for business purposes.

(D)



Cancels Original Sheet 4 APPLICATION OF RESIDENCE RATES Residence rates apply when the use of the service is of a domestic nature and provided that service is not used substantially for occupational purposes. Residence rates apply for:

Private residences where business alphabetical or classified telephone directory listings are not provided.

In private apartments of hotels, rooming houses, or boarding houses where service is confined to the subscriber's use, and elsewhere in rooming houses which are not advertised as a place of business or which have less that five rooms for roomers or which furnish meals to less than ten boarders, provided business telephone directory listings are not furnished.

In the place of residence of a clergyman, Church or Church office. In the place of residence of a physician, dentist, veterinary, surgeon or other medical practitioner provided the subscriber does not maintain an office in the residence. In the residence of a Christian Science practitioner, nurse or midwife, or in the office of any of this group of persons, provided the office is located in the subscriber's residence and is not part of an office building. In any of such cases the listing may indicate the subscriber's profession, but only in connection with an individual name. If listings of firms or partnerships, etc., or additional listings of persons not residing in the same household are desired, business rates apply.

In college fraternity houses where members of the fraternity lodge, or lodge and board, within the same house.

Where the place of business and residence of a subscriber are in the same premises and no telephone is installed in the place of business, the business rate shall be charged for the telephone installed in the residence. Changes from business service to residence service are made only in the event of change in the subscriber's arrangements which would entitle him to a residence classification of his service, as specified above. Changes from residence to business service may be made without change in telephone number, if the subscriber so desires. Service Connection Charges, which apply for such changes, are quoted elsewhere in this tariff.

(T) (T)



Cancels Original Sheet 5 USE OF SUBSCRIBER SERVICE Subscriber telephone service, as distinguished from payphone access line service, is furnished only for use by the subscriber, his family, guests, employees or business associates, or persons residing in the subscriber's household, or to persons temporarily subleasing a subscriber's residential premises. The Company has the right to refuse to install subscriber service or to permit such service when the station is so located that the public in general, or patrons of the customer may make use of the service. At such locations, however, subscriber service may be installed, provided the instrument is so located that it is not accessible for public use. When telephone service to the public is impaired by a subscriber's use of the telephone service, the Company shall have the right to require the subscriber to contract for additional service and facilities adequate to serve the subscriber's requirements, or with proper notice, discontinue the service of the subscriber in question. Separate households in the same building or in different buildings on the same premises, except for hotels, motels or apartments with PABX service, are required to have main station service. In view of the fact that the subscriber has exclusive control of his communications over the facilities furnished him by the Company, and of the other uses for which facilities may be furnished him by the Company, and because of unavoidableness of errors incident to the services and to the use of such facilities of the Company, the services and facilities furnished by the Company are subject to the terms, conditions and limitations herein specified. Except as otherwise provided in this tariff, service furnished by the Company is intended only for communications in which the subscriber has a direct interest and shall not be used for any purpose for which a payment or other compensation shall be received by him from any other person, firm or corporation for such use, or in the collection, transmission or delivery of any communications for others. This prohibition shall not apply to a subscriber who is engaged as a communications common carrier in a public telegram message business or Overseas Data Message Service, or to Composite Data Service Vendors in the provision of composite data service to its patrons. The calling party shall establish his identity in the course of any communication as often as may be necessary. The calling party shall be solely responsible for establishing the identity of the person or station with whom connection is made at the called location.



MINIMUM SERVICE PERIOD Except as specified elsewhere in this tariff, the minimum service period for local service is one month from the date service or additions to service are established and the minimum charge is the authorized rate for one month. For purposes of rate administration each month is considered to have thirty days. The company may require a contract period longer than one month at the same location in connection with special types or arrangements of equipment, or for unusual construction, necessary to meet specific demands for service.

Issue Date: 10/14/60 Issued By: Henry Lackey, Vice President Effective Date: P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422


PAYMENT OF BILLS a. Bills are due when rendered unless otherwise specified on the bill. b. All charges due by the subscriber are payable at the Company's business office or at

any agency duly authorized to receive such payments. If objection in writing is not received by the Company within fifteen (15) days after the toll bill is rendered the account shall be deemed correct and binding upon the subscriber. Nonpayment of charges for service may result in the interruption or discontinuance of any or all of the service furnished the subscriber.

c. The subscriber shall pay monthly in advance or on demand all charges for service

and equipment and shall pay on demand all charges for long distance service and billed local usage.* The subscriber is responsible for payment of all charges for services furnished the subscriber, including charges for services originated or charges accepted at the subscriber's station.

d. Should service be suspended for nonpayment of charges, it will be restored only as

provided under "Restoration Charge" in Service Connection Charges of this tariff. e. When the service has been disconnected for nonpayment, the service agreement is

considered to have been terminated. Reestablishment of service may be made only upon the execution of a new service agreement which is subject to the provisions of this tariff.

f. In its discretion, the Company may restore or reestablish service which has been

suspended or disconnected for nonpayment of charges, prior to payment of all charges due. Such restoration or reestablishment shall not be construed as a waiver of any rights to suspend or disconnect service for nonpayment of any such or other charges due and unpaid or for the violation of the provisions of this tariff; nor shall the failure to suspend or disconnect service for nonpayment of any past due account or accounts operate as a waiver or estoppel to suspend or disconnect service for nonpayment of such account or of any other past due account.

g. Retroactive billing adjustments will not be made for a period exceeding one year. h. For billing purposes each month is presumed to have thirty days. * Basic monthly charges are billed in advance. Toll charges for long distance services and additional charges for local usage are billed in arrears.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 7-A


RULES AND REGULATIONS

PAYMENT OF BILLS I. All bills for local, toll or miscellaneous services are due when rendered and payable

at the office of the Telephone Company or authorized collection agency within ten (10) days of the billing date. All bills not paid within fifteen (15) days of the billing date will be assessed a late payment charge of $4.00 which will apply to each residence subscriber’s bill with a balance greater than $6.00 for charges (including amounts billed in accordance with a tariff dealing with the Billing and Collection Services) when any undisputed portion of all charges on the subscribe’s previous month’s bill has not been paid in full prior to the next billing date. A late payment charge of fee of two percent (2%) will apply to each business subscriber’s total undisputed unpaid balance for charges (including amounts billed in accordance with a tariff dealing with the Billing and Collection Services) when any undisputed portion of all charges on the subscriber’s previous month’s bill has not been paid in full prior to the next billing date. The two percent (2%) late payment charge will apply to all charges on a subscriber’s previous month’s bill that were not paid prior to the next billing date. Failure to receive the telephone bill does not relieve the subscriber fro prompt payment within ten (10) days of the billing date. The Telephone Company will assess a penalty on disputed bills that are delinquent until the dispute is settled and/or paid in full.

The late payment charge shall not apply for Mississippi state, local, or municipal government agencies.

The late payment charge for Federal Government customers shall be in compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulations Clause 52.232-25 - Prompt Payment.

(N) | | | | | | | | |

(N)

(N) | | |

(N)



ESTABLISHMENT OF CREDIT 1. The company is not obligated to establish, furnish or continue to furnish service to

any individual or firm that owes for service previously rendered at the same or a different address, until arrangements have been made to liquidate such previous indebtedness to the company. In order to insure the payment of all charges due for its service, the company may require any subscriber to establish and maintain his credit in one of the following ways:

a. by furnishing acceptable credit references to the company:

b. by providing a suitable guarantee in writing, in a form prescribed by the

company; or

c. by means of a cash deposit. 2. The company shall be the sole judge as to whether or not the references or guarantee

in writing are acceptable.



Cancels Original Sheet 9 DEPOSITS If it is deemed necessary by the company in safeguarding its interests, applicants for service or present subscribers may be required to make a suitable deposit of an amount not to exceed two month’s exchange service charges plus two month’s estimated toll usage, to be applied in payment of any charges for exchange or toll service which may remain unpaid at the time service is discontinued. In addition, any applicant may also be required to deposit a further sum up to an amount equal to (1) the applicable minimum service period for any service furnished the subscriber. Such additional deposit shall be reviewed annually and a partial refund shall be made to the subscriber in an amount equal to the difference between the amount on deposit and the amount then required to cover the unexpired portion of the basic termination charge and/or minimum service period. Upon discontinuance of the service, such additional deposit may be applied in payment of any and all amounts accruing for service. Service may be discouraged for failure of the subscriber to furnish a suitable deposit, if requested by the company, within five (5) days after the company has served or mailed notice to the subscriber requesting such deposit. Simple interest at the rate per annum approved by the Public Service Commission is paid on the deposit, except that no interest is paid on deposits held less than one (1) year. Any balance of the deposit remaining after the termination of the contract and payment of outstanding charges will be returned to the subscriber with any interest that has accrued on the deposit, except that no interest is paid on deposits held less than one (1) year. The deposit may be returned to the subscriber by the company when it is deemed that the subscriber has established satisfactory credit with the company. The fact that a deposit has been made shall in no way relieve that applicant or subscriber from complying with the company’s regulations as to advance payments and the prompt payment of bills on presentation, nor constitute a waiver or modification of the regular practices of the company providing for the discontinuance of service for nonpayment of any sums due the company for services rendered. The company may discontinue service to any subscriber failing to pay current bills without regard to the fact that such subscriber has made a deposit with the company to secure payment of such bills or has furnished the company with a guarantee in writing of such bills.

(T)

(T)

Issue Date: 3/1/99 Issued By: Harry Lackey, Vice President Effective Date: 4/1/99 P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 10 ADVANCE PAYMENTS At the time an application for service is made, an applicant may be required to pay an amount equal to at least one month’s service and/or installation charges which may be applicable, in addition to such special construction and installation charges as are to be borne by the applicant. Where construction charges are applicable, the payment thereof may be required in advance of the start of construction. Federal, state or municipal governmental agencies may be required to make advance payments. RESALE OF SERVICE The resale of any services provided by the company is not permitted except as provided elsewhere in this tariff or as specifically authorized by the company. CANCELLATION FOR CAUSE The company, by written notice to the subscriber, may immediately cancel the application for or discontinue service without incurring any liability for any of the following reasons: 1. nonpayment of any sum to the company; 2. a violation of, or failure to comply with, any condition governing the furnishing of

service; or 3. the company is prohibited from furnishing service by order of a court or other

government authority having jurisdiction. * Information previously appearing here now appears on page 10-A.

(D)* | | | | | | | | (D)

Issue Date: 10/14/60 Issued By: Walter Frank, Jr., Vice President Effective Date: P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422


TAXES AND FEES CHARGEABLE TO CUSTOMERS In the event municipality, county or other political subdivision of the State of Mississippi imposes upon, or collects or receives from, the Company, any license, occupation, franchise, privilege, inspection or other similar tax or fee, or collects or receives any payment from the Company based upon an increase in any other tax, fee or assessment ratio, of whatever nature or kind, whether in a lump sum, or at a flat rate, or based on receipts, or based on property value, based on poles, wires, conduits or other facilities, or otherwise, the amount of such tax, fee or payment, to the extent not included as a part of the cost of furnishing services in the fixing of the rats and charges for such services by the Mississippi Public Service Commission, shall be added to the sales price of the Company’s service and billed, insofar as practical, pro rata to the Company’s customers receiving local service within the municipality, county or other political subdivision collecting such taxes or receiving such payment.

Issue Date: 4/21/83 Issued By: Walter Frank, Jr., Vice President Effective Date: 5/25/83 P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422


DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF SERVICE 1. Reasons for discontinuance of service

A. At the subscriber’s request

1. Contracts for service may be terminated prior to the expiration of the contract period provided advance notice is given to the company and upon agreement to pay all charges due for the service furnished, plus pat all charges due for the service furnished, plus any termination charges which might be applicable.

2. Where a contract for service with a one month minimum period is

cancelled before establishment of the service is completed, a charge not to exceed the service charge specified is applied if all or a portion of the facilities have been installed.

3. No minimum or termination charge will apply (unless otherwise stated

specifically in this tariff) where a new subscriber takes over the service of the former subscriber provided the service is to be furnished at the same location without interruption and that the new subscriber assumes all unpaid charges on the original contract. Minimum and termination charges will apply for any service furnished under the original contract which is not retained by the new subscriber.

B. Discontinuance of service for failure to maintain credit

Service may be discontinued for failure to maintain credit, as specified under “Deposits”, within five (5) days after the company has served or mailed notice requiring the subscriber to do so.

C. Restoral of service charge

When service has been discontinued for failure to maintain credit as specified above, the restoral of service charge will be made and may be collected by the company, before service is restored.

(T)

Issue Date: 10/14/60 Issued By: Harry Lackey, Vice President Effective Date: P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 12 DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF SERVICE (continued) 1. Reasons for discontinuance of service (continued)

D. Termination of service

1) By the company

a. The company may without notice either suspend service or terminate the subscriber’s contract without suspension of service or, following a suspension of service, disconnect the service and remove any of its equipment from the subscriber’s premises upon:

1. Abandonment of the service.

2. Failure of a subscriber to make suitable deposit as required by

this tariff.

3. Impersonation of another with fraudulent intent.

4. Nonpayment of any sum due for exchange, long distance of other services.

5. Use of the service in such a way as to impair or interfere with

the service of other subscribers and refusal of the subscriber to utilize available corrective equipment or network arrangements; such interference includes, but is not limited to:

a) trunk blockages in a switching center so that on a final

route there are no circuits available for 10% or more of the calls for a 15-minute period,

b) Dial Tone speed delays of three seconds or more in a

switching center for 10% or more of the calls for a 15-minute period,



DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF SERVICE (continued) 1. Reasons for discontinuance of service (continued)

D. Termination of service

1) By the company (continued)

a) (continued)

5. Use of the service etc., (continued)

c. Sender Attachment Delay Recorder delays of three seconds or more in processing calls in:

A single switching system for 30% or more of the calls for a 15-minute period, or

Two or more switching systems for 10% or more of the calls for a 15-minute.

d. Application of network management controls to minimize

or prevent a service effect on switching facilities due to a promotional calling event.

6. Use of service or facilities for a call or calls, anonymous or

otherwise, if in a manner reasonably to be executed to frighten, abuse, torment or harass another.

7. Use of service or facilities of the company to transmit a

message or to locate a person or otherwise to give or obtain information, without payment of the charge applicable for service.

8. The obtaining, or attempting to obtain, or assisting another to

obtain or to attempt to obtain, long distance message telephone service, by rearranging, tampering with, or making connection with any facilities of the company, or by any trick, scheme, false representation, or false credit device whatsoever, with intent to avoid payment, in whole or in part, of the regular charge for such service.



DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF SERVICE (Continued) 1. Reasons for discontinuance of service (Continued)

D. Termination of Service (Continued)

1. By the Company (Continued)

a. (Continued)

9. Any other violation of the company’s regulations

10. Listening in on party line conversations.

b) The company reserves the right to cancel any contract for service with and to discontinue service to any person who uses or permits the use of obscene, profane or grossly abusive language over or by means of the company’s facilities, and who, after reasonable notice fails, neglects or refuses to cease and refrain from such practice or to prevent the same, and to remove its property from the premises of such person.

E. Unlawful Use of Service

The service is furnished subject to the condition that it will not be used for an unlawful purpose. Service will be discontinued if any law enforcement agency, acting within its apparent jurisdiction, advises in writing that such service is being used in violation of law and that a formal charge has been filed by competent authority against the telephone subscriber; provided, however, the company, before discontinuing service, shall give to the subscriber no less than three (3) days written notice of its intention to do so. The telephone company will refuse to furnish service when it has reasonable grounds to believe that such service will be used in violation of the law.

F. Unsafe or Prohibited Facilities, Appliances, or Apparatus

The company may refuse to furnish service on the premises of an applicant for telephone service and may disconnect a subscriber’s telephone service on a premises if any of the facilities, appliances, or apparatus on such premises are found to be unsafe or causing harm to company facilities, and may refuse to furnish telephone service on such premises until the applicant or subscriber shall have remedied the condition.



DISCONTINUANCE AND RESTORATION OF SERVICE (continued) 1. Reasons for discontinuance of service (continued)

G. Abuse or fraudulent use of service

The service is furnished subject to the conditions that there will be no abuse or fraudulent use of the service. The company may refuse to furnish or may deny telephone service to any person, firm, or corporation, who, over the facilities furnished by the company abuses or fraudulently uses the service, or

Upon the use of a service in such a manner, that, in the opinion of the company, constitutes abuse or fraud or may tend to injuriously affect the efficiency of the company’s plant, property or service.

H. Foreign attachments

The company shall have the right to disconnect foreign attachments which are unlawfully connected to telephone service and may, without notice, discontinue service to the subscriber should this condition persist in violation of this rule.

MISUSE OF DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICE The company may limit or refuse the use of Directory Assistance to obtain a subscriber’s listed name, address or telephone number for any purpose other than to facilitate the making of a telephone call.



TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES, LISTINGS AND NUMBERS 1. Telephone Numbers

The subscriber has no property right to the telephone number nor any right to continuance of service through any particular central office.

The company reserves the right to change the subscriber’s telephone number of the central office associated with such number, or both, as may be required for the proper conduct of its business.

2. Directories

It is the policy of the company to publish a telephone directory annually. The company issues directories to assist in furnishing prompt and efficient service and it does not guarantee to its customers correct listings therein. Every precaution is taken to prevent errors in, and omissions of, directory listings. No liability for damages arising from errors in or omissions of directory listings, or listings obtained from the “Directory Assistance Operator” shall attach to the company. In the case of additional or extra listings for which a charge is made, its liability shall be limited to the monthly rate for each such listing for the charge period during which the error or omission continues, after notice to the company by the subscriber. The company will not be a party to controversies arising between customers or others as a result of listings published in its directories.

The company will furnish to its subscribers, without charge, its directories as necessary for the efficient use of the service. Copies of other directories may be provided at a nominal charge.

Directories furnished without charge to subscribers are the property of the company, and are made available to customers only as an aid to the use of the telephone service. The company shall have the right to make a charge for directories issued in replacement of directories destroyed, defaced, or mutilated while in the possession of the subscriber.

Directories regularly furnished to subscribers shall remain the property of the company. No binder, holder, or auxiliary cover, except as provided or authorized by the company shall be used in conjunction with any directory furnished by the company.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised sheet 17

Cancels Original Sheet 17 LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY 1. The liability of the company for damages arising out of mistakes, omissions,

interruptions, delays or errors or defects in transmission occurring in the course of furnishing service and not caused by negligence of the subscriber shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the subscriber for the period of service during which such mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays or errors or defects in transmission occurs, after notice to the company, by the subscriber.

2. The subscriber indemnifies and saves the company harmless against the following:

a. Acts or omission of other companies when their facilities are used in connection with the company’s facilities to provide service.

b. Any defacement of damage to the subscriber’s premises resulting from the

existence of the company’s apparatus and associated wire on such premises, of from the installation or removal thereof, when such defacement or damage is not the result of the negligence of the company or its employees.

c. Any accident, injury or death occasioned by its equipment or facilities, when

such is not due to negligence of the company.

d. Claims for libel, slander, or infringement of copyright arising from the material transmitted or recorder over its facilities; claims for infringement of patents arising from combining with, or using in connection with, facilities furnished by the company, apparatus and systems of the subscriber; and against all other claims arising out of any act or omission of the subscriber in connection with facilities provided by the company.

e. Liability for failure to provide service.

f. Liability for telephone listings is covered as shown in rule, “Telephone

Directories, Listings and Numbers”, page 16, this section. 3. The company shall not be liable for damages or statutory penalties in any cases

where a claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the alleged delinquency occurs.

(T)

Issue Date: Issued By: Lera Roark, Vice President Effective Date: 1/1/88 P.O. Box 409 Order Number: Bay Springs, MS 39422


LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY (continued) 4. Equipment in Explosive Atmosphere

The company does not guarantee nor make any warranty with respect to equipment provided by it for use in an explosive atmosphere. The subscriber shall indemnify and hold the company harmless from any and all loss, claims, demands, suits, or other action, or any liability whatsoever, whether suffered, made, instituted or asserted by the subscriber or by any other party or persons, and for any loss, damage or destruction of any property, whether owned by the subscriber or others, caused or claimed to have been caused directly or indirectly by the installation, operation, failure to operate, maintenance, removal, presence, condition, location or use of said equipment so provided.

The company may require such subscriber to sign an agreement for the furnishings of such equipment as a condition precedent to the furnishing of such equipment.

The subscriber shall furnish, install and maintain sealed conduit with explosion-proof fittings between this equipment and points outside the hazardous area where connection may be made with regular facilities of the company. The subscriber may be required to install and maintain this equipment within the hazardous area if, in the opinion of the company, injury or damage to company employees or property might result from installation or maintenance by the company.

Satisfactory performance of the telecommunications network requires continuing functional compatibility of the network control signals and the switching equipment involved. To assure such continuing compatibility, network control signaling in the furnishing of exchange telecommunications service shall be performed by equipment furnished; installed and maintained either by the company or by the subscriber.



LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY (continued) 5. Use of Customer-Provided Equipment

The services furnished by the company, in addition to the preceding limitations also are subject to the following limitations: the company shall not be liable for damage arising out of mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays, errors or defects in transmission or other injury, including but not limited to injuries to persons or property from voltages or currents transmitted over the service of the company, (1) caused by or resulting from use of customer-provided equipment (except where a contributing or concurrent cause is the malfunctioning of a company-provided connecting arrangement, in which event the liability of the company shall not exceed an amount equal to a proportional amount of the company billing for the period of service during which such mistake, omission, interruption, delay, error, defect in transmission or injury occurs after notice by the subscriber to the company), or (2) not prevented by customer-provided equipment where any such damage could have been prevented by company-provided equipment.



EXPLOSION PROOF EQUIPMENT Conditions As prescribed by the National Electrical Safety Code, explosive atmospheres have been classed in various classes and groups. Class I has been set up for gases, vapors, etc., and Class II for dusts, powers, etc. Under Class I, gases have been divided into four groups as follows: Group A- Acetylene Group B- Manufactured Gas and Hydrogen Group C- Refineries and Chemical Plant Vapors of Ethyl Ethers, Gasoline, Petroleum,

Naptha and Acetone Group D- Alcohols and Lacquer Solvents 1. Telephone instruments, that have been approved by the Underwriter's Laboratory

may be connected to individual line access services for Groups B, C, and D of Class I and all of Class II.

2. Explosive atmosphere equipment may be connected to individual, PABX, and key

access line service, but may not be connected for use in areas where acetylene gases may be present.

3. The equipment must be designed to minimize the danger in atmospheres classified

in the National Electrical Codes as dangerous. 4. The subscriber may be required to install and maintain explosive atmosphere

equipment in any hazardous area where, in the opinion of the Company, injury or damage to Company employees or property might result.

5. The subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless and thereby release the Company

from any and all legal or other expenses, claims, costs, losses, suits or judgements for damages or injuries to or deaths of persons, or damages to or destruction of property arising in any way directly or indirectly, by reason of any use by the subscriber of the explosion proof equipment.

6. The subscriber is required to furnish and maintain all explosion proof conduit and

fittings for telephones and signals, wiring and commercial power which may be required to operate signals.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)



Cancels Original Sheet 20 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION 1. Obligations of the Company

A. Provisions of service

The Company's obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain, without unreasonable expense, suitable facilities and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary circuits and equipment.

The rates and charges quoted in this tariff provide for the furnishing of service and facilities where suitable facilities are available or when the construction of the necessary facilities does not involve excessive costs.

When excessive costs are involved for the construction of facilities, charges for such construction will be determined in accordance with the regulations as set forth in Section VII, "Line Extension Charges", except as otherwise specified.

B. Maintenance and repair

All costs associated with the maintenance and repair of services furnished by the Company will be borne by the Company, except as specified elsewhere in this tariff.

The Company undertakes to maintain and repair the facilities which it furnishes to subscribers. The subscriber is assessed the actual cost of each apparatus, equipment, or lines destroyed due to malicious, willful and negligent damage. The subscriber may not, nor permit other to, rearrange, disconnect or remove any equipment or wiring installed by the Company. If facilities are rearranged, disconnected or removed, the Company shall have the right to make a charge sufficient to recover any losses experienced as a result of such unauthorized tampering.

Access to subscriber's premises, at any reasonable hour, will be given to representatives of the Company for the purpose of inspecting, repairing, testing or removing any part of the Company's facilities.

(T)



SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION (continued) 1. Obligations of the company (continued)

C. Defacement of premises

The company shall exercise due care in connection with all work done on subscriber’s premises. No liability shall be attached to the company by reason of any defacement or damage to the subscriber’s premises resulting from the existence of the company’s facilities on such premises, or by the installation or removal thereof, unless such defacement or damage is the result of the sole negligence of the company or its employees.

D. No construction charges paid to the telephone company are refundable by it,

except as specified elsewhere in this tariff. 2. Special construction

A. Private property

An amount equal to the average investment of entrance and distribution facilities may be furnished by the company provided the facilities are of the standard type normally furnished for the class and grade of service desired.

If additional entrance or distribution facilities are required; if the conditions are such as to require special equipment, maintenance or methods of construction; if the installation is for a temporary or semipermanent purpose or if for any other reason the construction costs are excessive as compared with the revenue to be derived, the applicant shall be required to pay the costs over and above those applicable for a normal installation.

The customer will provide the company, without charge, written permission for the3 placing of the company’s facilities on the property.


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 22 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION (continued) 2. Special construction (continued)

B. Underground

When feasible, conduit will be furnished by the company at cost, or conduit may be provided by the applicant subject to the company’s specifications. Conduit used for telephone company facilities may not be used for any other purpose without consent of the company. The distance between the conduit and any electric light or power conduit or conductor shall be in accordance with the company’s specifications. The subscriber shall be required to pay the entire cost of maintenance of conduit including subsequent excavations and replacements necessary because of damage resulting from negligence on the part of the subscriber or his representatives or from freezing or improper drainage.

The subscriber shall pay all costs associated with the relocation of underground entrance facilities.

3. Special assemblies of equipment or speculative projects

Special assemblies of equipment or speculative projects for which provision is not otherwise made in this tariff may be provided where practicable, if not detrimental to any of the services of the company.

A) The charge for such facilities may be in the form of an installation charge, a

monthly charge, a termination charge, or any combination thereof, and will include, when applicable, one or more of the following estimated expense items associated with the special equipment or service provided:

1) maintenance expense 2) depreciation expense, including reusable and nonrecoverable items 3) administration expense 4) taxes, including Federal Income Tax 5) any other specific items of expense that may be associated with the

facility provided 6) a reasonable return on investment



Cancels Original Sheet 23 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION (continued) 3. Special assemblies of equipment or speculative projects (Continued)

B. The estimated installation cost used in the derivation of the various expense items shall include the following:

1) material 2) material overhead 3) installation labor 4) installation labor overhead

Estimated cost installed as mentioned above includes cost of equipment and materials specifically provided or used plus the estimated cost of installing, including engineering, labor, supervision, transportation, rights-of-way and any other investment items.

In connection with Marketing and Sales studies, Marketing and Sales programs, the Company reserves the right to waive service connection charges, moves and change charges, and recurring monthly service charges within specified areas for such periods of time as designated by the Company.

4.

(D) | | | | | | | | |

(D)



Cancels Original Sheet 24 SPECIAL CONSTRUCTION OR INSTALLATION (continued) 5. 6. Alterations

The subscriber agrees to notify the Company promptly whenever alterations or new construction on premises owned or leased by him necessitates changes in the Company’s facilities or equipment; and the subscriber agrees to pay the Company’s current charges for such changes.

(D) | | | | | | |

(D)

(T)



OBLIGATION OF COMPANY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICE 1. Provisions and use of equipment on subscriber’s premises

A. All equipment for the provision of a given service will be furnished and owned by the company except as provided elsewhere in this tariff. The subscriber may be required to provide suitable housing or other protective measures where equipment is to be installed in locations exposed to weather or other hazards. Commercial power will be furnished by the subscriber at a suitable outlet when and where required.

B. No equipment, apparatus, circuit, or device not furnished by the company shall

be attached to or connected with the facilities furnished by the company, whether physically, by induction, acoustically, or otherwise, except as provided in this tariff, or otherwise authorized or connection is made, the company shall have the right to remove or disconnect the same, or to terminate the service.

C. The provisions of the preceding shall not be construed or applied to bar a

subscriber from using devices which serve his convenience in his use of the facilities of the company, provided any such device so used does not:

1) endanger the safety or company employees or the public;

2) damage, require change in or alteration of, or involve direct electrical

connection to, the equipment or other facilities of the company, unless as provided for elsewhere in this tariff;

3) interfere with the proper functioning of such equipment or facilities;

4) impair the operation of the telecommunications systems; or

5) otherwise injure the public in its use of the company’s services.

D. Except as otherwise provided in this tariff, nothing herein shall be construed to

permit the use of a recording device, or of a device to inter-connect any line or channel of the company with any other communication line or channel of the company or of any other person.



OBLIGATION OF COMPANY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICE (continued) 1. Provisions and use of equipment on subscriber’s premises (continued)

E. Customer-provided terminal equipment may be used and customer-provided communications systems may be connected with the facilities furnished by the company for telecommunications services as provided in Section IV of this tariff.

F. Facilities of an electric power company or oil, oil products or natural gas pipe

line company, or railroad company, provided primarily to communicate with points located along a right-of-way (including premises of such company anywhere in cities, towns, or villages along the right-of-way) owned or controlled by such company, may be connected with PABX facilities furnished by the company subject to the conditions stated in “Connection with Customer-Provided Equipment and Facilities”.

G. The subscriber is responsible for the provision and maintenance at his expense,

of all suitable space and floor arrangements, including but not limited to adequate lighting and temperature control, required on his premises for communications facilities provided by the company in connection with service furnished to the subscriber by the company. Any power outlets and commercial power required for the operation of such facilities shall be provided by, and at the expense of, the subscriber.

All operating required for the use of communications facilities provided by the company at the subscriber’s premises will be performed at the expense of the subscriber, and must conform with the operating practices and procedures of the company to maintain a proper standard of service.

2. Right of access

A. The company’s authorized employees may enter a subscriber’s premises at all reasonable hours for any purpose reasonably pertinent to the furnishing of telephone service and the exercise of any and all rights secured to it by law or by the tariff schedules.

B. The company may remove any or all of its property located on the subscriber’s

premises at the termination of service as provided by the tariff schedules.



OBLIGATION OF COMPANY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICE (continued) 3. Maintenance and repair

All ordinary expense of maintenance and repair in connection with equipment, facilities and services provided by the company is borne by the company unless otherwise specified in this tariff. In case of damage to or destruction of any of the company’s instruments or accessories due to the negligence or willful act of the subscriber and not due to ordinary wear and tear, the subscriber will be held responsible for the cost of restoring the equipment to its original condition, or of replacing the equipment destroyed.

Sub subscribers may not rearrange, disconnect, remove or attempt to repair nor permit others to rearrange, disconnect, remove or attempt to repair any apparatus or wiring installed by the company except upon the consent of the company.

4. Interruptions of service

If service is interrupted for more than 48 consecutive hours (no incoming or outgoing service) for reasons other than by the negligence or willful act of the subscriber, an allowance not to exceed an amount equal to the proportionate charge to the subscriber for the fixed monthly charges involved, for the period during which interruption occurs, shall be made for the time such interruption continues. Any adjustment shall apply only to the period the interruption continues beyond 24 hours after notice of the interruption is received by the company. No other liability shall in any case attach to the company on account of interruptions of service.

5. Outgoing and incoming service privileges

The tariff and rate schedules of the company govern and fix the outgoing service of a subscriber and in no manner guarantee to him the same incoming service. All incoming service of a subscriber depends upon and is limited by the right of a calling subscriber to such service.

6. Ownership of facilities

Facilities furnished by the company on the premises of a subscriber are the property of the company.



OBLIGATION OF COMPANY TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN SERVICE (continued) 7. Company facilities at hazardous or inaccessible location

Where service is to be established at a location that would involve undue hazards, or where accessibility is impracticable, to employees of the company, the subscriber may be required to install and maintain the company’s equipment and facilities in a manner satisfactory to the company, any renumeration to be based on the condition involved.

8. Work performed outside regular working hours

The rates and charges specified in this tariff contemplate that all work in connection with furnishing or rearranging service be performed during regular working hours. Whenever a subscriber requests that work necessarily required in the furnishing or rearranging of his service be performed outside the company’s regular working hours or that work once begun be interrupted, so that the company incurs costs that would not otherwise have been incurred, the subscriber may be required to pay, in addition to the other rates and charges specified in this tariff, the amount of additional costs incurred by the company as a result of the subscriber’s special requirements.



Cancels Original Sheet 29 TRANSFER OF SERVICE BETWEEN SUBSCRIBERS Service previously furnished one subscriber may be assumed by a new subscriber upon due notice of cancellation, or in case of abandonment, provided there is no lapse in the rendition of service. Such transfers are made subject to service connection charge regulations and may be arranged for in either of two ways: 1. If the new subscriber, fully understanding the regulations governing the service and

the status of the account, willingly assumes all obligations thereunder. Future bills are then rendered to him without an adjustment to or from any particular date, with the Company arranging for the requested change in billing and directly listing.

2. If the new subscriber does not wish to assume payment of the old account, a new

service application is taken and an adjustment in billing is made to and from the date the transfer is effective.

The telephone number of the service being transferred may be continued for the new subscriber only after the former subscriber has given his consent and an arrangement acceptable to the Company is made to pay all charges, billed or unbilled, against the service of the former subscriber. Private Branch Exchange Service may be transferred from one subscriber to another pursuant to the above regulations and any other regulations which may be specified in other tariff sections relating to the service transferred. Under either method of transfer, the reassignment of the old call number to the service of the new party is arranged for only after the former subscriber has given his consent to its use, and then only when, in the judgement of the Company, there exists not relationship, business or otherwise, between the old and new subscribers, and when in the judgement of the Company, a change the telephone number is not required. When in the judgement of the Company, there does not exist a relationship, business or otherwise, between the old and new subscribers, the reassignment of the old telephone number will not be permitted unless all charges due under the current account have been paid, and then only when in the judgement of the Company, a change in the telephone number is not required.

(N) | |

(N)



IMPAIRMENT OF SERVICE DUE TO CUSTOMER-PROVIDED EQUIPMENT Subscribers will be billed for each service call to the subscriber’s premises when service is impaired due to the connection of authorized customer-provided equipment or facilities as outlined in “Connection with Customer-Provided Equipment and Facilities”. RESTRICTED Restricted service or service that is restricted in local messages only is not generally provided except in the instance of Private Branch Exchange Systems, or exchanges equipped with Custom Calling Services. RIGHTS-OR-WAY (SPECIAL OR PRIVATE) The company shall not be liable for failure to furnish service, unless the purchase price and costs expanded by the company in acquiring such special or private rights-of-way by purchase or condemnation be paid or guaranteed to the company by the subscriber. The rights-of-way here referred to are only those rights-of-way leading from the main line to the premises of the subscriber. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND/OR ARRANGEMENTS For special equipment and arrangements furnished in connection with service, charges equivalent to the estimated cost of furnishing such equipment or arrangements apply. Estimated cost consists of an estimate or the cost of maintenance; cost of operation; depreciation on the estimated cost installed of any facilities provided, based on the anticipated useful service life of the facilities with an appropriate allowance for the estimated net salvage; administration, taxes and uncollectible revenue on the basis of reasonable average charges for these items; and other specific items of expense associated with the particular situation; and a reasonable amount, computed on the estimated cost installed of any facilities provided for return and contingencies. Estimated cost installed as mentioned in the above includes cost of equipment and materials specifically provided or used plus the estimated cost of installing, including engineering, labor, supervision, transportation, rights-of-way and any other items which are chargeable to the capital accounts.



TAMPERING WITH FACILITIES The company may refuse to furnish or may deny telephone service to any person, firm or corporation on whose premises is located telephone facilities which show evidence of tampering , manipulating, or use of any device whatsoever, for the purpose of obtaining service without payment of the charges. TEMPORARY FAMILIES The company may require the subscriber to execute a contract agreeing that service be retained for a period longer than one month. UNAUTHORIZED ATTACHMENTS OR CONNECTIONS The company shall not be required to attach its facilities to facilities not owned and installed by it, nor shall facilities not furnished by the company be attached to or connected with facilities furnished by the company, whether physically, acoustically, by induction, or otherwise, unless provided elsewhere in this tariff or unless written permission is obtained from the company. In case any such unauthorized attachment or connection is made, the company shall have the right to disconnect the same or to suspend service during the continuance of said attachment or connection or to terminate the service. The company shall have the right to make a charge sufficient to recover any losses experienced as a result of such unauthorized attachments or connections, including but not limited to the cost to disconnect service. CANCELLATION OF APPLICATION FOR SERVICE Where the subscriber cancels an application for service prior to the start of installation of service, or prior to the start of special construction, and no costs have been incurred by the company, no charge applies. Where installation of service has been started prior to the cancellation, a cancellation charge equal to the costs incurred by the company shall apply, but in no case shall such charge exceed the charge for the minimum period of the service ordered, plus any costs incurred by the company. Where special construction has been started prior to the cancellation, a charge equal to the costs incurred in the special construction, less net salvage applies. In determining the charge, cancelled service is treated as discontinued as of the date on which it was to have been placed in service, however, the minimum service period charge will apply. Installation or special construction for a subscriber is considered to have started when the company incurs any expense in connection therewith or in preparation therefore which would not otherwise have been incurred.



USE OF FACILITIES OF OTHER CONNECTION CARRIERS When suitable arrangements can be made, facilities of other connecting carriers may be used in conjunction with this company’s facilities in establishing connections to points not reached by this company’s facilities. Neither this company nor any connecting carrier participating in a service shall be liable for any act or omission of any other company or companies furnishing a portion of such service.



USE OF PARTY LINE SERVICE Application for party line service are accepted by the company with the understanding that each customer will so use the service as not to interfere with an equitable proportionate use of the service by the other subscribers on the same line. When the duration or number of messages sent or received by a party line subscriber is so great as to prevent an equitable proportionate use of the line by other subscribers on the line, the company shall have the right to require the customer to contract for a higher grade of service, or to discontinue the service of the subscriber in question. The company reserves the right to limit the continuous use of a party line for a local message to five minutes. EMERGENCY CALLS ON PARTY LINES - WARNING! Subscribers are required to hang un the receiver of a party line telephone immediately when told the line is needed for an emergency; i.e., fire, police call, for medical aid, or ambulance service. This tariff defines an “Emergency” as a situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.



EXTENSION STATIONS An extension station is an additional station connected on the same circuit as the main station service, excluding public telephone service. 1. Extension stations will be provided in connection with all classes of main station

service, excluding public telephone service. 2. Extension stations must be located on the same premise of the subscriber on which

the main station is located, and are restricted to the use of the subscriber’s immediate family or domestic establishment.

3. In certain instances, where equipment restriction dictate, the number of extension

stations provided with bells may be limited. 4. Extension stations provided in connection with semi-public telephone service will be

restricted to answering incoming calls only, and may be connected only where a notice is posted advising the using public of such extension.

5. The provision of circuits required to connect main and extension service is subject to

additional regulations and charges shown in Extension Line Mileage, Section V of this tariff.

6. The number of extension instruments which may be permitted with any main

station is limited to such number as, in the judgement of the Company, will not interfere with the efficient operation of the service.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION VIII TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 33-B

OFF-PREMISE EXTENSION STATIONS Off-premise extension stations may be furnished subject to the following conditions: 1. May be located on the premise of another customer provided that other has his own

separate at the same location. 2. Business off-premise extensions may be provided at a residence location of the same

customer where residence main station service is also provided. 3. Residence off-premise extensions may be provided at the business location of the

same customer where business main station service is also provided. 4. The provision of circuits required to connect main and extension service is subject to

additional regulations and charges shown in Extension Line Mileage, Section V of this tariff.

5. The number of extension instruments which may be permitted with any main

station is limited to such number as, in the judgement of the Company, will not interfere with the efficient operation of the service.

6. Extension service provides the capability of originating or receiving calls from

equipped locations in addition to the location of the main stations. 7. In connection with party line service, extension stations must be located on the same

premises as the main station.

(N) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

(N)


GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IX TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 1


DEFINITIONS For the purpose of these tariff schedules the terms and expressions listed below shall have the meanings set forth opposite them. ACCESS - Each connecting arrangement allowing connection to exchange facilities. See Main Station and Extension Service Access. ACCESSORIES - Devices which are mechanically attached to, or used with, the facilities furnished by the company and which are independent of, and not electrically connected to, the conductors in the communications path of the telecommunications systems. ACOUSTICAL CONNECTION - A connecting arrangement without electrical connections that permit transmission of sound between a company-provided telephone instrument and customer-provided equipment. APPLICANT - A person, firm, corporation or other organization applying for telecommunications service. AUTHORIZED USER - A person, firm or corporation (other than the subscriber) on whose premise a telephone, private branch exchange, or private line service or channel is located and who may communicate over such channels in accordance with the terms of the tariff. BASE RATE - The rate for primary classes of exchange service which does not include zone or extra exchange line mileage charges. BASE RATE AREA - A specific section of an exchange area within which primary classes of service are available without zone or extra exchange line mileage charges. BASE STATION OF REGISTRY - The base station from which a mobile unit receives its mobile telephone number. BUILDING (SAME) - The term "same building" is to be interpreted as a structure under one roof, or two or more structures under separate roofs but connected by enclosed passageways in which the wires or cables of the company can be safely run provided the plant facility requirements are not appreciably greater than would be required normally if all structures were under one roof. In those cases where there are several structures under separate roofs but connected by enclosed passageways and the plant facility requirements for furnishing service are appreciably greater than would be required



DEFINITIONS BUILDING (SAME) (Continued) - normally if all the structures were under one roof, the term “same building” applies individually to each of the separate structures. Pipes and conduit are not considered enclosed passageways. BUSINESS SERVICE - Telephone service furnished to customers where the actual or obvious use is principally or substantially of a business, professional or occupational nature. CALL - An attempted or completed communication. CANCELLATION CHARGE - A charge applicable under certain conditions when an application for service and/or facilities is canceled in whole or in part prior to the completion of the work involved. CENTRAL OFFICE - A switching unit, in a telecommunications system which provides service to the general public, having the necessary equipment and operating arrangements for terminating and interconnecting subscriber lines and trunks or trunks only. There may be more than one central office in a building. CENTRAL OFFICE CONNECTING FACILITY - Denotes a facility furnished to an Other Common Carrier by the company (in accordance with the company's facilities for Other Common Carrier's tariffs) between the terminal location of the Other Common Carrier and a point of connection on the telephone company premises. CENTRAL OFFICE LINE - A circuit directly connecting an individual or party line main station, or private branch exchange switchboard or an intercommunicating system with a central office. CHANNEL - A path for communications between two or more stations, or company offices, furnished in such a manner as the company may elect, whether by wire, radio or a combination thereof and whether or not by a single physical facility or route. CIRCUIT - A channel used for the transmission of electrical energy in the furnishing of telephone and other communications service. CLASS OF SERVICE - The various categories of service generally available to the subscriber, such as business, residential, public or semi-public service. COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE - See Paystation Telephone Service. COMMISSIONS - A percentage of collections paid as a fee in consideration of service rendered to the company. COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - channels or other facilities which are capable when not connected to telecommunications services, of two-way communications between customer-provided terminal equipment or company stations.



DEFINITIONS COMPANY - Whenever used in this tariff, "company" refers to this Telephone Company unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. COMPOSITE DATA SERVICE - The term “Composite Data Service” denotes the combined use of terminal and customer-provided data switching equipment with the use of communication services of the company by a Composite Data Service Vendor to perform data switching for others. COMPOSITE DATA SERVICE VENDOR - The term “Composite Data Service Vendor” denotes a customer that has been certified by the Public Service Commission and/or Federal Communications Commission pursuant to Section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, to acquire and operate facilities to perform data switching for others. A customer shall be classified as a composite data service vendor only with respect to use of those exchange services which are utilized for the provision of composite data service. CONFORMANCE NUMBER - The term “conformance number” denotes an identifying number assigned by the company to a particular model of conforming answering device incorporating an authorized protective connecting module when that model of device is in conformance with the provisions set forth by the company. CONFORMING ANSWERING DEVICE - The term “conforming answering device” denotes a customer-provided device which automatically answers incoming calls; transmits a prerecorded voice message or appropriate audible signal to the calling party; records a voice message from the calling party if so designed and arranged; and automatically disconnects from the line in a prearranged manner on completion of the last of the functions for which it was designed and arranged as described in this paragraph. The conforming answering device may include remote interrogation and/or device function control. A conforming answering device must incorporate an authorized protective connecting module and must bear a valid conformance number. CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT - The equipment provided by the company to accomplish the direct electrical connection of customer-provided facilities with the facilities of the company. CONNECTING COMPANY - A corporation, association, firm or individual, licensed and operating as a communications common carrier, owning and operating a toll line and/or one or more central offices providing local exchange telephone service to the public and with whom the company interchanges traffic. CONNECTING TERMINAL - See Interface CONSTRUCTION CHARGE - A separate charge authorized in the tariff for construction of pole lines, circuits, facilities, etc.



DEFINITIONS CONTINUOUS PROPERTY - The plot of ground, together with any buildings thereon, occupied by the subscriber, which is not divided by public highways or separated by property occupied by other. Where a subscriber occupies property on both sides of a street, alley, highway, body of water, railroad right-of-way, etc., and the properties would otherwise be continuous, such properties are treated as continuous property provided local wire or cable facilities are used and the subscriber furnishes all local distribution pole line facilities or underground conduit required in connection therewith. CONTRACT - Refers to the agreement between a subscriber and the company under which telecommunications service and facilities are furnished in accordance with the applicable provisions of the tariffs. COST - The cost of labor and materials, which includes appropriate amounts to cover the company’s general operating and administrative expenses. CREDIT CARD - Denotes a billing arrangement by which a Long Distance call may be charged to an authorized company credit card number. CUSTOMER - see Subscriber . CUSTOMER'S PREMISE - Is defined as a point where a customer's drop connects to a main or feeder cable to the terminal equipment. CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - Devices, apparatus and their associated wiring, provided by a customer, which are used with the network control signaling unit, data set or other station equipment furnished by the company and not including customer-provided communications systems. DATA ACCESS ARRANGEMENT - A protective connecting arrangement for use with the network control signaling unit, or in lieu of the connecting arrangement, an arrangement to identify a central office line and protective facilities and procedures to determine compliance with criteria set forth in section “Connection with Customer-Provided Equipment and Facilities” of this tariff. DIAL SWITCHING EQUIPMENT - A unit of electro-mechanical or electronic switching equipment used in a central office or in connection with a private branch exchange system. DIRECT CONNECTION - Connection of terminal equipment to the telephone network by means other than acoustic and/or inductive coupling.



DEFINITIONS

DIRECTORY LISTING - The publication in the company's directory and/or information records of information relative to a subscriber's telephone number, by which telephone and TWX users are enabled to ascertain the call number of a desired station. DROP WIRE - Wires used to connect the circuits of open wire, aerial or underground distribution facilities to the point where connection is made with the inside wiring. ENTRANCE FACILITIES - Facilities extending from the point of entrance on private property to the premises on which service is furnished. EXCHANGE - A basic geographical unit established for the administration of telephone service in a specified area, called the "Exchange Area", which usually embraces a city, town or village, and its environs. It may consist of one or more central offices, together with the associated plant, equipment, and facilities used in furnishing communication service within that area. EXCHANGE AREA - The territory served by an exchange. EXCHANGE LINE - Any line (circuit) directly or indirectly connecting an exchange station with a central office. EXCHANGE SERVICE - The general telephone service rendered in accordance with tariff provisions. Exchange service is a general term describing as a whole the facilities provided for local intercommunication, together with the right to originate and receive a specified or an unlimited number of local messages at charges in accordance with the provisions of this tariff. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE - A type of telephone service furnished under tariff provisions whereby subscribers of a given exchange may complete calls to and where provided by the tariff, receive messages from one or more exchanges without the application of long distance message telecommunications charges. EXTENSION SERVICE ACCESS - Each access point in excess of one main station per central office line. EXTENSION AND PABX STATION MILEAGE - The charges made for the additional circuit required to furnish such stations beyond the allowance distance from the main station or PABX switchboard. EXTENSION BELL - An additional bell on the same premises and on the same line and generally operated in connection with the bell at the station location. EXTENSION LINE - A circuit connecting a primary station with an extension station, or a circuit connecting a private branch exchange switch with a private branch exchange switchboard. An extension line may terminate on a key in lieu of an instrument.



DEFINITIONS EXTENSION STATION - An additional station connected on the same line as the main station and subsidiary thereto. EXTRA EXCHANGE LINE MILEAGE OR ZONE CHARGE - The measurement on which charges are based for that portion of the circuit extending beyond the base rate area but within the exchange area, which is used to furnish graded services in the rural area. EXTRA LISTING - Any listing of a name or information in connection with a subscriber's telephone number beyond that to which he is entitled without additional charge in connection with his regular service. FLAT RATE SERVICE - A classification of exchange service for which a stipulated charge is made, regardless of the amount of use. FOREIGN ATTACHMENT - Equipment or facilities not owned, furnished or authorized by the company, which is attached or connected to and used with exchange telephone service. FOREIGN CENTRAL OFFICE - Any central office other than that which serves the area in which the subscriber is located. FOREIGN EXCHANGE LINE MILEAGE - The measurement applying to that portion of a central office line connecting a customer with a foreign central office, from the common boundary line to the customer's station, for which a monthly charge is made in addition to the base rate for exchange service, plus zone charges if any apply. FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE - Telephone exchange service furnished to a subscriber from a central office of an exchange other than the exchange regularly serving the area in which the subscriber is located. GRADE OF SERVICE - The term used in describing exchange service with respect to the number of main telephones which may be connected to a central office line. (one party, two party, four party, etc.) GROUND POTENTIAL RISE - A hazardous voltage appearing on the power station grounding apparatus when certain failures occur in the power distribution system. HARM - Harm consists of hazards to personnel, damage to company equipment, and impairment of service to persons other than the user of the customer-provided equipment. Types of harm include, but shall not be limited to, voltages dangerous to personnel, destruction of or damage to company equipment, induced noise or cross talk, incorrect dial pulsing, failure of supervision, false answer, incorrect billing, absence of voice band transmission path for call progress signals, and loss of capability to answer an incoming call.



DEFINITIONS INDIVIDUAL LINE - A classification of exchange service which provides that only one main station shall be served by the line connecting such station with the central office or other switching unit. INDUCTIVE CONNECTION - Electromagnetic coupling between customer-provided equipment and company equipment by means of mutual inductance between an inductor in the company equipment and a customer-provided inductor external to the company equipment. INITIAL OR MINIMUM SERVICE PERIOD - The minimum length of time for which a subscriber is obligated to pay for service, facilities, and equipment, whether or not retained by the subscriber for such minimum length of time. INSTALLATION CHARGE - A non-recurring charge applying to the provision of certain items of equipment or facilities as distinguished from the service connection charge applicable for establishment of basic telephone service. The installation charge is normally associated with optional service features and may sometimes be called an "initial" or "non-recurring" charge. INTERCOMMUNICATING SYSTEM - An arrangement consisting of two or more stations, each such station being equipped with switching device by means of which user can signal and connect with any other station in the system. INTERFACE - The term “interface” denotes that point on the premises of the subscriber at which provision is made for connection of other than telephone company provided facilities to facilities provided by the telephone company. JACK - A modular connecting device used to terminate a circuit for connection of portable telephone instrumentalities or other equipment. KEY TELEPHONE SET - A telephone set equipped with keys or buttons in the mounting. LOCAL CHANNEL - Applies to that portion of a channel which connects a station to an interexchanging channel. A channel connecting two or more stations within an exchange area. LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE - A type of localized calling whereby a subscriber can complete calls from his station to other stations within a specified area without the payment of long distance charges. LOCAL SERVICE AREA - The area within which telephone service is furnished subscribers under a specific schedule of exchange rates and without long distance charges. A local service area may include one or more exchange service areas. Certain material previously found on this sheet can now be found on 1st Revised Sheet 7-A.

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IX TC-120-0008-00 Original Sheet 7-A


DEFINITIONS LOCAL ACCESS AND TRANSPORT AREA (LATA) - A geographic area established for the administration of a communication service. It encompasses designated exchanges which are grouped to service common social, economic and other purposes. LOCAL CHANNEL - Applies to that portion of a channel which connects a station to an interexchanging channel. A channel connecting two or more stations within an exchange area. LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE - A type of localized calling whereby a subscriber can complete calls from his station to other stations within a specified area without the payment of long distance charges. LOCAL SERVICE AREA - The area within which telephone service is furnished subscribers under a specific schedule of exchange rates and without long distance charges. A local service area may include one or more exchange service areas.

(N) | (N)

(M) | | | | | | | | |

(M)



DEFINITIONS MAIN STATION - The first access station connected to the company's central office line. MESSAGE - A communication between two stations. Messages may be classified as follows:

a. Local Message: A message between stations within the same local service area. b. Long Distance Message: A message between stations in different exchange areas for

which a long distance message charge is made. MEASURED RATE SERVICE - A classification of exchange service which includes an individual line with a monthly outward local usage allowance for a stipulated monthly charge. A charge for usage applies for outward local calls completed in excess of the allowance and is based on one or more of the following elements: number of calls, duration, time of day, day of week and distance between originating and terminating central offices. MILEAGE - The measurement upon which charges are computed for extension, tie, private lines and for lines serving exchange stations located outside the central office area of the connecting central office. MINIMUM CONTRACT PERIOD - The minimum length of time for which a subscriber is obligated to pay for service, facilities and equipment, whether or not retained by the subscriber for such a minimum length of time. MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE - A communication service through a land radio-telephone base station. NETWORK CONTROL SIGNALING - The transmission of signals used in the telecommunications system which perform functions such as supervision (control, status and charging signals), address signaling (dialing), calling and called number identification, audible tone signals (call progress signals indicating recorder or busy conditions, altering, coin denominations, coin collect and coin return tones) to control the operation of switching machines in the telecommunications system. NETWORK CONTROL SIGNALING UNIT - the terminal equipment furnished, installed, and maintained by the Company for the provision of network control signaling.



DEFINITIONS NON-RECURRING CHARGE - A one time charge associated with certain installations, change or transfer of services, either in lieu of or in addition to recurring monthly charges. OPERATOR’S SET - A headset used by an operator at a switchboard or console consisting of a receiver, transmitter and necessary cords. PAYSTATION TELEPHONE SERVICE - Telephone service furnished from stations equipped with a device for collecting coins in payment for telephone service. PARTY LINE - A single central office line designed to connect more than one primary station with the central office. PORTABLE TELEPHONE - A telephone instrument equipped with a plug-ended cord for use with a jack terminated circuit. PREMISES (SAME) - The term "same premises" shall be interpreted to mean: (a) The building or buildings, together with the surrounding land occupied or used in the conduct of one establishment or business, or as a residence, and not intersected by a public thoroughfare or by property occupied by others; or (b) the portion of the building occupied by the subscriber either in the conduct of his business or as a residence, and not intersected by a public corridor or by space occupied by others; or (c) the building or portion of a building occupied by the subscriber in the conduct of his business and as a residence provided both the business and the residence bear the same street address; or (d) the continuous property operated as a single farm whether or not intersected by a public thoroughfare. In connection with inside moves, the term "same premises" is to be interpreted to mean the building or portion of a building occupied as a unit by the subscriber in the conduct of his business or residence, or a combination thereof, and not intersected by a public thoroughfare, a corridor, or space occupied by others. PRIMARY CLASS OF SERVICE - Any of those classes of exchange service which the company understakes to furnish at any point within the base rate area at a rate common to all applicants for the same class. Primary classes of service may be furnished at points outside a base rate area at base rates plus zone or extra exchange line mileage.



DEFINITIONS PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SERVICE (PABX SERVICE) - A type of service providing an arrangement of switching equipment and stations for intercommunicating among the stations and for connections through the local and long distance message telephone network to other subscribers. Lines (circuits), equipment and facilities ordinarily furnished in connection with PABX service include the following: 1. PABX Station: A station connected with a PABX switchboard or PABX dial switching

equipment. 2. PABX Extension Station: A telephone set which is bridged to the same line as the PABX

station. 3. PABX Interior Station: A PABX station that cannot originate or receive calls outside the

PABX either directly or through the PABX attendant. 4. PABX Trunk: A central office line (circuit) connecting a PABX system with a central office. 5. Tie Line: A circuit connecting PABX or Centrex systems. PRIVATE LINE - A circuit provided to furnish communication only between two or more instrumentalities directly connected to it. Such instrumentalities do not have access to the general exchange and interexchange networks. PUBLIC TELEPHONE - An exchange station, either attended or equipped with a coin collecting device, designed and placed for use by the public in general, at locations chosen or accepted by the company REGISTERED TERMINAL EQUIPMENT - Terminal equipment which is registered in accordance with the rules and regulations in Part 68, Subpart C of FCC Docket 19528. RESIDENCE SERVICE - Telephone service furnished to customers when the actual or obvious use is for domestic purposes. SEMI-PUBLIC TELEPHONE - An exchange station equipped with a coin collecting device, designed for a combination of customer and public usage at locations more or less public in character. Semi-public telephone service is considered as a form of customer service. SERVICE CONNECTION CHARGE - the charge at the time of the establishment of a class of telephone service or subsequent additions or changes to that service.



DEFINITIONS SERVICE LINE - An exchange line associated with multiple data station installations to provide monitoring and testing of both customer and telephone company data equipment. The service line may be connected a PABX, Centrex, or individual line (main or extension station) so long as direct station access is provided. SERVICE POINTS - When used in connection with customer-provided communication channels denotes the points on the customer’s premises where such channels or facilities are terminated in switching equipment used for communications with stations or customer-provided terminal equipment location on the premises. STATION - A unit of service, complete with all instrumentalities (e.g., telephone set, connecting block, inside wiring, protection apparatus, drop or block wiring) and lines (circuits), so arranged as to permit sending and receiving messages through the exchange and long distance network. Also denotes a termination of an individual exchange line or PABX trunk provided in accordance with the provisions of this tariff, in telephone company switching equipment location on the premises.

Company Station: A station for which the central office equipment, lines and station equipment are owned and maintained by the company and provided as a part of the company’s service offering. This term also denotes the network control signaling unit, data set or other equipment provided by the company at the customer’s premises which enables the customer to establish the communications connections and to effect communications through such connections.

STATION CREDIT FOR CUSTOMER-PROVIDED TELEPHONE INSTRUMENTS - A credit applicable to each service access where there is no company provided station, for a main or extension line with individual line residence or individual line business exchange service. SUBSCRIBER - Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, municipality, cooperative organization or governmental agency furnished communication service by the company under the provisions and regulations of its tariff. SUSPENSION OF SERVICE - An arrangement made at the request of the subscriber, or initiated by the Company for violation of tariff regulations by the subscriber, for temporarily discontinuing service without terminating the service agreement or removing the telephone equipment from the subscriber's premises. TARIFF - The rates, charges, rules and regulations adopted and filed by the company and approved by the Public Service Commission.

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IX TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 12



DEFINITIONS TERMINATION CHARGE - A charge applying when a subscriber discontinues an item of service or equipment prior to the expiration of the initial service period designated for such item. The basic termination charge is an amount established for an individual item of service or equipment from which the termination charge is computed. TOLL LINE - A circuit used exclusively for the transmission of messages between points located in different exchange areas where specific charges for each such message are applicable. TOLL MESSAGE - A message between stations in different exchange areas and furnished under the provisions of the applicable toll tariff.

CREDIT CARD CALL - A toll message in which associated charges are billed to a credit card number assigned by a telephone company and issued to either the called or calling party.

MESSENGER SERVICE - An arrangement whereby the company, when possible and at the request of the calling party, will arrange to notify the called party of a long distance call. The company shall be reimbursed by the calling party for the amount expended for such messenger service, such charges being subject to prior authorization by the calling party to the extent that they can be determined in advance. Such charges for messenger service are in addition to the tariff charges for the message.

STATION-TO-STATION - A toll message in which the user desires communication with anyone who answers.

TOLL RATE - The initial period charge prescribed for toll messages usually based upon the duration of the initial period and distance between exchanges.

(D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D)

GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICES TARIFF BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION IX TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 13



DEFINITIONS TOLL SERVICE - Toll service is that part of the total telephone service rendered by the Company which is furnished between subscribers in different exchange areas in accordance with the rates and rules specified in the toll tariffs. UNDERGROUND SERVICE CONNECTION - A subscriber's "drop" wire which is ran underground from a pole line or an underground distributing cable. UTILITY - See “Company”. VISIT CHARGE - A charge applied when the use of customer-provided equipment or facilities causes impairment or harm to the Company’s facilities and a visit to the subscriber’s premises is necessary. WIRE CENTER - A wire center is a building where outside plant (cables and wires) located in a specific geographical area are terminated and where these facilities are normally cross-connected to central office equipment at that location. WIRE CENTER SERVING AREA - The term “Wire Center Serving Area” denotes, in most cases, that area of the exchange served by a single wire center. ZONE - One of a series of specified areas, beyond the base rate area of an exchange, in which service is furnished at rates in addition to base rates.

(N)

(N)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION X

TC-120-0008-00 6th Revised Sheet 1 Cancels 5th Revised Sheet 1

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF INTRASTATE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF

The Company concurs in the rates, rules and regulations, in effect as of July 1, 1997, of the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Interstate Access Services tariff for intrastate use, and makes itself a party to such rates and charges until this concurrence is revoked or canceled by the Company. The Company hereby expressly reserves the right to cancel this statement of concurrence at any time when it appears that such cancellation is in the best interest of the Company subject to the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Public Service Commission as it applies. The NECA Interstate Access Charge Tariff was filed with the FCC by the NECA on behalf of the NECA member companies. (This Company is a member Company of the NECA.)The traffic sensitive rates and charges shall apply to all terminating traffic transported over BellSouth facilities pursuant to interconnection or resale arrangements between BellSouth and other telecommunications providers. Exceptions to this adoption of the tariff schedules are as follows: EXCEPTIONS:

(D) (D)

Issue Date: 05/28/14 Filed By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 07/01/14 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: ________ Jackson, MS 39201

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. TC-120-0008-00

SECTION X 6th Revised Sheet 1.1 Cancels 5th Revised Sheet 1.1


INTRASTATE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF

(Continued)

EXCEPTIONS: 1) Section 17.1.2 - End User Common Line Charge -- FCC End User Charges

Do Not Apply 2) Section 17.1.1 Carrier Common Line. The carrier common line charge is:

Rate

Originating, per MOU $0.062500

(D)

(D)


BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION X

TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 1.2 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 1.2

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF INTRASTATE INTEREXCHANGE CARRIER ACCESS SERVICE TARIFF (Continued)

EXCEPTIONS: 3) Section 17.2.3

Local Switching

Rate

Originating, per MOU $ 0.059914 4) Predesignated Interexchange Carrier (PIC)

Change Charge – Submitted using manual methods (one jurisdiction) $ 5.50

5) PIC Submitted using manual methods

when both the interLATA PIC and intraLATA PIC selections are changed simultaneously, each jurisdiction. $ 2.75

Intrastate Billing and Collection will be provided on a per billed message basis, with full recourse of any uncollectible or unbillable message to the toll carrier, at the following rate:

Per billed message $ 0.1242

6) Terminating switched access rates – Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc., adopts the

National Exchange Carrier Association, Inc.’s (NECA) Interstate Access Charge Tariff F.C.C. No. 5, effective as of July 1, 1997, and any successive issues thereto, as approved by the FCC for intrastate use. Pursuant to FCC Docket DA 13-564, Adopted and Released March 27, 2013, Appendix, Final Rules. Rates may be found at www.neca.org.

INTRASTATE SPECIAL SERVICE TARIFF

The Company adopts the National Exchange Carrier Association’s Interstate Access Charge tariff Section 7 (Special Access) for intrastate use effective as of April 16, 1996, and any successive issues thereto, as approved by the FCC. This tariff was filed with the FCC by NECA on behalf of the NECA’s member companies (this Company is a member Company NECA). This tariff includes all the rules, regulations, rates and charges under which intrastate special access services will be offered.

(D)

(D) (N) (N)



SECTION X Original Sheet 2

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF INTRASTATE ACCESS TARIFF – VOIP TRAFFIC

General

The term “Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic” denotes a customer’s interexchange voice traffic exchanged with the Company in Time Division Multiplexing format over PSTN facilities, which originates and/or terminates in Internet Protocol (IP) format. “Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic” originates and/or terminates in IP format when it originates from and/or terminates to an end user customer of a service that requires IP-compatible customer premises equipment.

Customer(s) denotes any individual, partnership, association, joint-stock company, trust, corporation, or governmental entity or other entity which subscribes to the services offered under this tariff, including but not limited to Interexchange Carriers (IXCs), End Users and other telecommunications carriers or providers originating or terminating Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic.

The following provision applies to the treatment of Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s Part 51 Interconnection Rules and in compliance with the Federal Communications Commission’s Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in cc Docket Nos. 96-45 and 01-92; GN Docket No. 09-51; WC Docket Nos. 03-109, 05-337, 07-135 and 10-90; and WT Docket No. 10-208, adopted October 27, 2011 and released November 18, 2011 (FCC 11-161). In the absence of an interconnection agreement between the Company and the customer specifying the treatment of Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic, the Company will bill the customer the applicable switched access rates and charges specified in Section 17.2, of the NECA FCC Tariff 5, on all jurisdictionally intrastate voice traffic identified as Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic. Specifically, this section establishes the method of separating such traffic (referred to in this tariff as “Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic” from the customer’s traditional intrastate access traffic, so that Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic can be billed in accordance with the FCC Order.

This section will be applied to the billing of switched access charges to a carrier that is a local exchange carrier only to the extent that the carrier has also implemented billing of interstate access charges for intrastate Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic in accordance with the FCC Order.


Issue Date: 1/04/12 Effective Date: 2/04/12 Order Number:

Filed By: James Garner, Vice President 236 East Capitol Street Jackson, MS 39201


SECTION X Original Sheet 2.5

GENERAL EXCHANGE TARIFF INTRASTATE ACCESS TARIFF – VOIP TRAFFIC – (CONTINUED)

Call Signaling

All Call Signaling must be in accordance with FCC 11-161, released November 18, 2011, paragraphs 714 through 717.

Depending on the signaling system used by the customer in its network, the customer’s facilities shall transmit the following call signaling information to the Company on traffic the customer’s end users originate which is handed off for termination the Company’s network, in compliance with FCC 11-161.

(A) Signaling System 7 (SS7) Signaling

When the customer uses SS7 signaling, it will transmit the Calling Party Number (CPN) or, if different from the CPN, the Charge Number (CN) information in the SS7 signaling stream. (ref. FCC 11-161, Para. 714)

(B) Multi-Frequency (MF) Signaling

When the customer uses MF signaling, it will transmit the number of the calling party or, if different from the number of the calling party, the Charge Number (CN) information in the MF Automatic Number Identification (ANI) field. (ref. FCC 11-161, paras. 715-716)

(C) Internet Protocol (IP) Signaling

When the customer uses IP signaling, it will transmit the telephone number of the calling party or, if different from the telephone number, the billing number of the calling party. (ref. FCC 11-161, para. 717)

Rating of VoIP-PSTN Traffic

The Company will bill the customer the applicable switched access rates and charges specified in Section 17.2, of the NECA FCC Tariff 5, on all jurisdictionally intrastate voice traffic identified as Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic effective with such traffic beginning on January 1, 2012.







Calculation and Application of Percent-VoIP-Usage Factor

The Company will determine the number of intrastate Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic minutes of use (“MOU”) to which interstate rates will be applied by applying an originating Percent VoIP Usage (OPVU) factor to the total intrastate access MOU originated by a Company end user and delivered to the Customer and by applying a terminating PVU (TPVU) factor to the total interstate access MOU terminated by a customer to the Company’s end user. The OPVU and the TPVU will be derived and applied as follows:

(A) The customer will calculate and furnish to the Company an OPVU factor,

along with supporting documentation, representing the percentage of the total intrastate access MOU that the customer exchanges with the Company in the State, that is sent to the Company and that originated in IP format.

(B) The customer will calculate and furnish to the Company a TPVU factor,

along with supporting documentation, representing the whole number percentage of the customer’s total terminating intrastate access MOU that the customer exchanges with the Company in the State that is sent to the Company and originated in IP format.

(C) The OPVU, TPVU and supporting documentation shall be based on

information that is verifiable by the Company including but not limited to the number of the customer’s retail VoIP subscriptions in the State (e.g., as reported on FCC Form 477), traffic studies, actual call detail, or other relevant and verifiable information. The customer shall not modify its reported PIU factor to account for VoIP-PSTN traffic.

(D) After the Company verifies the OPVU and TPVU provided by the customer

the Company will apply the OPVU and TPVU factors to the associated intrastate access MOU as indicated (H) a. and (H) b. below.







Calculation and Application of Percent-VoIP-Usage Factor (Continued)

The OPVU and the TPVU will be derived and applied as follows: (Continued)

(E) In the event that the Company cannot verify the customer’s OPVU and/or TPVU, the Company will request additional information to support the OPVU and/or TPVU, during this time no changes will be made to the existing OPVU and/or TPVU. The customer shall supply the requested additional information within 15 (fifteen) days of the Company’s request or no changes will be made to the existing OPVU and/or TPVU. If after review of the additional information, the customer and Company establish a revised and mutually agreed upon OPVU and/or TPVU factor, the Company will begin using the new factor with the next billing period.

(F) If the dispute is unresolved the customer may request that verification

audits be conducted by an independent auditor, at customer’s sole expense. During the audit, the most recent undisputed OPVU and/or TPVU factor will be used by the Company.

(G) In the absence of an interconnection agreement, at no time will the

Company allow an OPVU and/or TPVU factor greater than the applicable State percentage as identified in Paragraph 963 of the FCC Order. Payment for all VoIP-PSTN Traffic is required to be paid within 30 days from date of invoice and subject to all collection proceeding available under this intrastate access tariff, State law or other collection procedures.









(H) If the customer does not furnish the Company with an OPVU and/or TPVU, the Company will bill full access rates until an OPVU and/or TPVU factor is received. Billing at Toll-VoIP-PSTN Traffic rates for Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic will commence beginning with the date the OPVU and/or TPVU factor is received by the Company from the customer as noted following:

a. Initial OPVU and/or TPVU Factor – If the OPVU and/or TPVU factor

is not available and/or cannot be implemented in the Company’s billing systems by January 1, 2012, once the factor is available and can be implemented the Company will adjust the customer’s bills to reflect the OPVU and/or TPVU factors retroactively to January 1, 2012. In calculating the initial OPVU and/or TPVU factors, the Company will take the customer-specified OPVU and/or TPVU factor into account retroactively to January 1, 2012, provided that the customer provides the factor to the Company no later than April 15, 2012;

b. OPVU and/or TPVU Factor Updates – The customer may update the OPVU and/or TPVU factor quarterly using the method set forth in (A) above. If the customer chooses to submit such updates, it shall forward to the Company, no later than 15 days after the first day of January, April, July and/or October of each year, a revised OPVU and/or TPVU factor based on data for the prior three months, ending the last day of December, March, June and September, respectively. The Company will use the revised OPVU and/or TPVU in its billing system. The revised OPVU and/or TPVU factor will apply prospectively and serve as the basis for billing until superseded by a new OPVU and/or TPVU factor.









(H) If the customer does not furnish the Company with an OPVU and/or TPVU, the Company will bill full access rates until an OPVU and/or TPVU factor is received. Billing at Toll-VoIP-PSTN Traffic rates for Toll VoIP-PSTN Traffic will commence beginning with the date the OPVU and/or TPVU factor is received by the Company from the customer as noted following (Continued):

c. OPVU and/or TPVU Factor Verification – On a quarterly basis, the

Company may ask the customer to verify the OPVU and/or TPVU factor furnished to the Company and customer may ask the Company to verify the application of the OPVU and/or TPVU factor applied in its billing system. The party so requested shall comply within 15 days of the request and shall provide the verifiable records and other information used to determine the OPVU and/or TPVU factor and application thereof.




BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI TABLE OF CONTENTS Schedule Sheet No. Alarm Coupler B 43 Automatic Answering and Recording Equipment- Provided by the Company B 47, 89 Automatic Dialing Equipment B 49 Bay Springs Personal Paging Service C 11 Complex Premises Work Charge A 3 Cordless Telephones B 14 Cords B 18, 19 Customer Responsibility for Return of Telephone Equipment Plan B 27-29 Data Sets B 46 Electronic or Special Key Service Systems B 38 Electronic or Special PABX Service B 42 Employee Concessions B 12 Explosion Proof Equipment B 16 Impaired Hearing Equipment B 17 Improved Mobile Telephone Service C 1-10 Instrument Charge B 11 Jack Equipment B 20, 21 Key Systems B 39-41 Maintenance of Customer Premises Inside Wire B 1 Miscellaneous Equipment B 26 Other Service Order Charges A 5 Outdoor Telephone Sets B 15 Phone Lock B 25 Premises Work Charge A 1 Recorder Connector B 44 Recorder Coupler B 45 Sale of Basic and Functional Telephone Equipment B 30-37 Signaling Equipment B 22, 23 Speakerphone B 13 Transfer Key or Confidencer B 24 Video, Inc. D 1-3 Voice Mail – Regulated 8/14/99 E 1

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE A INDEX DEREGULATED SERVICES Sheet No. Complex Premises Work Charge 3 Other Service Order Charges 5 Premises Work Charge 1

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE A SHEET NO. 1 DEREGULATED SERVICES PREMISES WORK CHARGE Application of Charges 1. The Premises Work Charges applies unless otherwise stated, for residence and simple business customer requested installation, maintenance (when not covered by a recurring maintenance charge) and change work performed by the Company on the customer's premises exclusive of establishing or re-establishing network access to a Network Interface located at the normal point designated by the Company. The Premises Work charge also applies as indicated in other sections of this tariff. 2. The Premises Work Charge applies per Company employee performing billing work on the customer's premises. The sum of their time is used to determine the number of 15-minute increments to be billed with only one initial increment billed per service order worked except when the customer specifically requests more employees than the Company would normally dispatch. Where additional employees are specifically requested by the customer, the initial increment charge will also apply per additional Company employee specifically requested. 3. Premises Work charges will apply separately "per customer request" on service requests where billable premises work is performed. 4. Premises Work Charges are applicable, in addition to the charges for individual items of equipment or service in other sections of this tariff. 5. Premises work performed beyond the protector or equivalent for Semi-Public Coin Telephone Service is billable work subject to the Non-Key Business Premises Work Charge. 6. Premises work performed beyond the protector, or equivalent, for Data Service, Intrastate Wide Area Telecommunications Service and Foreign Exchange Service is billable premises work subject to the appropriate Premises Work Charges. 7. Premises Work Charges apply to extend the location of the Network Interface Device to a point requested by the customer which is other than where the Company would normally locate the Network Interface Device. Network Interface Device installation charges are covered under the regulated services tariff.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE A SHEET NO. 2 DEREGULATED SERVICES PREMISES WORK CHARGE (Continued) Application of Charges (Continued) 8. The holidays, or the normal work days used in the observance of these holidays, which are subject to Schedule 3 charges in "Charges" following are: New Year's Day Labor Day Independence Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day Charges Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Schedule 3 (a) First 30-minute increment or STATUS STATUS STATUS fraction thereof* CODE CODE CODE Residence $35.00 - 8030 $38.75 - 0000 $42.50 - 0000 Business 35.00 - 8100 38.75 - 0000 42.50 - 0000 (b) Each additional 15-minute increment or fraction thereof Residence $ 7.50 - 8031 $11.25 - 0000 $15.00 - 0000 Business 7.50 - 8101 11.25 - 0000 15.00 - 0000 Schedule 1 is applicable to work performed Monday through Friday, between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Schedule 2 is applicable to work performed Monday through Friday at hours other than Schedule 1 and all day Saturday. Schedule 3 is applicable to work performed on Sundays and Holidays (per application of charges preceding). *When a Special Service has applicable multi-element premises visit charges included within its respective tariff section, the first increment rate does not apply. Instead the additional increment rate in charges above is applicable for the first 30-minutes and each additional 15-minute increment or fraction thereof. When a Special Service does not have applicable multi-element premises visit charges included within its respective tariff section, premises work charges apply at the normal rates for first and additional increments.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE A SHEET NO. 3 DEREGULATED SERVICES COMPLEX PREMISES WORK CHARGE Application of Charges 1. Complex Premises Work Charges are non-recurring charges based on the cost of miscellaneous materials and/or labor used to complete premises work associated with Complex Services. 2. The charges for miscellaneous materials used for Complex Premises work will be based on cost. 3. Complex Premises Work Charges apply to all customer requested premises work performed by the Company on the customer's premises except as excluded in "Exclusions from Complex Premises Work Charges" following. 4. Billable premises work is work performed on a customer's premises by a Company employee or representative at the customer's request and not covered by other charges. This includes work preparation, actual work and cleanup. 5. Complex Premises Work Charges will apply separately per customer request in accordance with definitions when billable premises work is performed. The Complex Premises Work Charge applies per Company employee performing billable work on the customer's premises. The sum of their time is used to determine the number of 15-minute increments to be billed. Only one initial increment is to be billed per service order worked except when the customer specifically requests more employees than the Company would normally dispatch. Where additional employees are specifically requested by the customer, the initial increment charge will also apply per additional Company employee specifically requested. 6. When Company labor is employed, at customer request, to perform trouble detection on the customer's premises, and premises wire is determined to be the cause of the trouble and needs repair and the customer fails to order such repairs made, Complex Premises Work Charges in "Charges" following will apply for the time expended for making the service call. If customer-provided premises equipment is determined to be the source of the trouble, the Maintenance of Service Charge will apply, as set forth in the regulated section of the tariff. 7. The holidays, or the normal work days used in the observance of these holidays, which are subject to Schedule 3 charges in "Charges" following are: New Year's Day Labor Day Independence Day Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE A SHEET NO. 4 DEREGULATED SERVICES COMPLEX PREMISES WORK CHARGE (Continued) Exclusions from Complex Premises Work Charges Complex Premises Work Charges do not apply to the following: 1. Where specifically stated in this tariff that the Complex Premises Work charges do not apply. Charges Schedule 1 Schedule 2 Schedule 3 (a) First 30-minute STATUS STATUS STATUS increment or CODE CODE CODE fraction thereof $50.00 - 8143 $57.50 - 0000 $65.00 - 0000 (b) Each additional 15-minute increment or fraction thereof $15.00 - 8144 $22.50 - 0000 $30.00 - 0000 (c) Material Based on Cost Schedule 1 is applicable to work performed Monday through Friday, between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Schedule 2 is applicable to work performed Monday through Friday at hours other than Schedule 1 and all day Saturday. Schedule 3 is applicable to work performed on Sundays and holidays (per Application of Charges preceding).

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE A SHEET NO. 5 DEREGULATED SERVICES OTHER SERVICE ORDERING CHARGES RESIDENCE BUSINESS KEY/PBX STATUS STATUS STATUS 1. Service Order Charge CODE CODE CODE w/o Premises Visit $10.00-0000 $12.00-0000 $15.00-0000 2. Service Order Charge Record Change Only $ 8.00-0000 $12.00-0000 $15.00-0000 3. Service Order Charge for work performed at same time as regulated services $10.00-8003 $12.00-8104 $15.00-8161 4. Station Handling Charges* $ 4.00-8052 $ 5.00-8090 $11.00-8130 * Station Handling Charges are in addition to Premises Work Charges or Service Order Charges listed preceding.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B INDEX DEREGULATED SERVICES Sheet No. Alarm Coupler 43 Automatic Answering and Recording Equipment-Provided by the Company 47, 48 Automatic Dialing Equipment 49 Cordless Telephones 14 Cords 18, 19 Customer Responsibility for Return of Telephone Equipment Plan 27-29 Data Sets 46 Electronic or Special Key Service Systems 38 Electronic or Special PABX Service 42 Employee Concessions 12 Explosion Proof Equipment 16 Impaired Hearing Equipment 17 Instrument Charge 11 Jack Equipment 20, 21 Key Systems 39-41 Maintenance of Customer Premises Inside Wire 1 Miscellaneous Equipment 26 Outdoor Telephone Sets 15 Phone Lock 25 Recorder Connector 44 Recorder Coupler 45 Sale of Basic and Functional Telephone Equipment 30-37 Signaling Equipment 22, 23 Speakerphone 13 Transfer Key or Confidencer 24

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 1 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES General 1. Company maintenance of customer premises inside wire and jacks associated with residence and business individual and party line basic exchange service is provided at rates and charges as set forth in "charges" following and are in addition to the rates and charges specified for such basic exchange service as set forth in the regulated services tariff. Maintenance of customer premises inside wire associated with Semi-Public Coin Telephone Service will be performed on a non-optional basis by the Company under the payment option described in "Charges" as Option I. 2. Payment for Company maintenance of customer premises inside wire and jacks is provided under two payment options, except as expressly stated in "1" above. The customer may either elect to pay for such maintenance on a monthly recurring charge basis per Exchange Access Line per premises (herein referred to as Option I) or on a nonrecurring charge basis per maintenance visit utilizing Premises Work Charges (herein referred to as Option II). 3. Instances of willful damage are excluded from coverage under Option I maintenance. In such instances the Company will, upon customer request, replace such wire subject to the appropriate nonrecurring charges specified under Premises Work Charges, Section XI, Schedule A. 4. Where the customer elects to have the Company maintain the customer premises inside wire and jacks under Option I, the Company will maintain all standard premises inside wire and jacks on the customer's premises regardless of who installed the inside wire and jacks. All access lines at the customer's premises should be covered by the same type maintenance option as stated in item 13. following. 5. Where the customer does not elect to have the Company maintain the customer premises inside wire and jacks under Option I, the customer shall be subject to the following charges as outlined in a. through d. below in those instances where the Company makes a repair visit to the customer's premises and the trouble condition is found to be in the inside wire and/or jacks which have been installed and/or maintained in a standard manner. a. Where a Network Interface is presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer requests the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Premises Work Charges, as appropriate, will apply for the trouble detection and repairs performed on the customer side of the Network Interface. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 2 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES (Continued) General (Continued) 5. (Continued) b. Where a Network Interface is presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer does not want the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Maintenance of Service Charge under regulated services will apply for the trouble detection performed on the customer side of the Network Interface during the maintenance visit. The customer is responsible for making the necessary repairs to the inside wire and/or jacks subject to regulations in Customer Premises Inside Wire, as set forth in the regulated section of the tariff. c. Where a Network Interface is not presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer requests the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Company will install a Network Interface under the regulated services tariff and make the needed repairs under the deregulated services tariff. The deregulated Premises Work Charges, as appropriate, will apply. d. Where a Network Interface is not presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer does not want the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Maintenance of Service Charge will not apply for the trouble detection under the regulated services tariff. A Network Interface will be installed by the Company for the appropriate Service Connection Charges Service Charges. The customer is responsible for making the necessary repairs to the inside wire subject to regulations in Customer Premises Inside Wire. Any additional trouble detection performed at the customer's request to isolate the wiring problem would be subject to the Maintenance of Service Charge as appropriate. 6. Where the customer does not elect to have the Company maintain customer premises inside wire and jacks under Option I, the customer shall be subject to the following charges outlined in a. through d. below in those instances where the Company makes a repair visit to the customer's premises and the trouble condition is found to be in the inside wire and/or jacks which have been installed and/or maintained in a nonstandard manner that is not in accordance with the technical standards for such inside wiring. Wiring subjected to gross negligence or willful damage will be treated as being a nonstandard condition and also subject to the following charges.

a. Where a Network Interface is presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer requests the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Premises Work Charges, as appropriate, will apply for the trouble detection and the repair performed on the customer side of the Network Interface.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 3 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES (Continued) General (Continued) 6. (Continued) b. Where a Network Interface is presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer does not want the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the regulated Maintenance of Service Charge in Section IV applies for the trouble detection performed on the customer side of the Network Interface. The customer is responsible for making the necessary repairs to the inside wire and/or jacks subject to regulations in Customer Premises Inside Wire. c. Where a Network Interface is not presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer requests the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Company will install a Network Interface and make the needed repairs. The Premises Work Charges, as appropriate, will apply for the repair services. d. Where a Network Interface is not presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer does not want the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the regulated Maintenance of Service Charge in Section IV will not apply for the trouble detection. A Network Interface will be installed by the Company for the appropriate Service Connection Charges Service Charges. The customer is responsible for making the necessary repairs to the inside wire subject to regulations in Customer Premises Inside Wire. 7. Where the customer does elect to have the Company maintain customer premises inside wire under Option I, the customer shall be subject to the charges outlined in a. through d. below in those instances where the Company makes a repair visit to the customer's premises and the trouble condition is found to be in the inside wire and/or jacks which have been installed and/or maintained in a nonstandard manner that is not in accordance with the technical standards for such inside wiring. Wiring maintained under Option I that is subjected to gross negligence or willful damage will be treated as being in a nonstandard condition and also subject to the following charges. a. Where a Network Interface is presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer requests the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Premises Work Charges, as appropriate, will apply for the trouble detection and the repair performed on the customer side of the Network Interface. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 4 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES (Continued) General (Continued) 7. (Continued) b. Where a Network Interface is presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer does not want the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the regulated Maintenance of Service Charge in Section IV applies for the trouble detection performed on the customer side of the Network Interface. The customer is responsible for making the necessary repairs to the inside wire and/or jacks subject to regulations in Customer Premises Inside Wire. c. Where a Network Interface is not presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer requests the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the Premises Work Charges, as appropriate, will apply for the trouble detection and repair effort. d. Where a Network Interface is not presently installed on the customer's premises and the customer does not want the Company to repair the inside wire and/or jack trouble, the regulated Maintenance of Service Charge in Section IV will not apply for the trouble detection. A Network Interface will be installed by the Company for the appropriate Service Connection Charges Service Charges. The customer is responsible for making the necessary repairs to the inside wire subject to regulations in Customer Premises Inside Wire. 8. The Company will not maintain or repair, under Option I maintenance, customer premises inside wire and/or jacks provided or maintained by the customer that do not meet the technical standards and installation guidelines for such wire and jacks. At the customer's request, the Company will replace the nonstandard premises wire/jacks subject to Premises Work Charges stated in Section XI, Schedule A. 9. Customers may change from Option II to Option I or from customer-provided maintenance to Option I. However, the appropriate Service Ordering Charge without visit will be applicable for changing to Option I. In addition, customers will be required to wait 30 days after requesting the change before Option I maintenance becomes effective. Any repairs made on inside wire and/or jacks by the Company during the 30 day period will be charged for under Option II. There is no charge for discontinuing Option I coverage. 10. Telephone company repairs are warranted per Warranties for Installation and Repair of Premises Wire - Residence and Non-Key Business Services. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 5 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES (Continued) General (Continued) 11. The monthly recurring rates for Option I maintenance are not subject to suspension. 12. If replacement parts are used in making repairs under Option I maintenance, these parts may be refurbished or contain refurbished materials. Replacement parts and materials used will be of similar standard quality as the original parts and materials used, though may not be exact in appearance. 13. A mix of Company Option II and/or customer-provided maintenance options is not permitted with the Option I maintenance for a customer with more than one access line per premises. 14. Maintenance will be performed for customers subscribing to Option I maintenance during normal working hours (Monday thru Saturday, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.) unless the repair is for an emergency situation. Charges Optional Company maintenance of customer premises inside wire and jacks are provided at the following rates and charges: Monthly STATUS Rate CODE a. Option I, per Exchange Access Line Residence $ .45 1160 Business-Non Key .60 1165 b. Option II, per Maintenance Visit Residence Premises Work Charges Section XI, Schedule A. Business-Non Key Premises Work Charges Section XI, Schedule A. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 6 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES (Continued) Limited Thirty Day Installation Warranty 1. Coverage The Company warrants the premises wiring and/or jacks which it has installed against defects and malfunctions for a period of thirty days from the date the telecommunications service utilizing the wire begins. The dated Company invoice presented to the customer at the time of installation will serve as proof of warranty. If there is defect or malfunction, the Company will, at its option, either repair or replace this wiring and/or jacks at no charge to the customer if the defect or malfunction is reported to an authorized Company representative within the warranty period. If replacement parts are used in making repairs, these parts may be refurbished or may contain refurbished materials. 2. Exclusions This warranty shall not apply to defects and malfunctions resulting from any accident, fire, alteration, abuse, misuse, acts or God such as floods, storms or earthquakes, acts or war, gross negligence, willful damage, vandalism or any unauthorized repair. The Company does not warrant that the wiring and/or jacks will work with equipment or service other than the Company service and equipment connected to it at the time the wiring and/or jacks were installed. This is the only Company warranty on the installation of this wire and/or jacks. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE CUSTOMER'S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WIRING, EITHER SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT. 3. Customer's Responsibility To obtain repair service, the customer must call the Company repair number which can be found in the telephone directory, or call the Company Business Office. When the repair person arrives and before any work is performed, the customer must present proof of the date the warranty commenced (see Coverage above). Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 7 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - RESIDENCE AND SIMPLE BUSINESS SERVICES (Continued) Limited Thirty Day Repair Warranty 1. Coverage The Company warrants repairs, including parts and workmanship, it has made to the premises wiring and/or jacks under Option II maintenance against defects and malfunctions for a period of thirty days from the date of repair. The dated Company invoice presented to the customer at the time of repair will serve as proof of warranty. If there is a defect or malfunction in the repairs, the Company will, at its option, either repair or replace this wiring and/or jacks at no charge to the customer, if the defect or malfunction is reported to an authorized Company representative during the warranty period. If replacement parts are used in making repairs, these parts may be refurbished, or may contain refurbished materials. 2. Exclusions This warranty shall not apply to defects and malfunctions resulting from any accident, fire, alteration, abuse, misuse, acts of God such as floods, storms or earthquakes, acts of war, gross negligence, willful damage, vandalism or unauthorized repair. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE DIRECTLY OR IN DIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE CUSTOMER'S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WIRING, EITHER SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT. 3. Customer's Responsibility To obtain repair service, the Customer must call the Company repair number which can be found in the telephone directory, or call any Company Business Office. When the repair person arrives and before any work is performed, the customer must present proof of the date the warranty commenced (see Coverage above). Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 8 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - COMPLEX SERVICES General 1. Premises inside wire and/or jacks may be provided and/or maintained by the customer or his agent subject to the provisions of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission's Rules and Regulations, applicable electrical codes, and related Company practices unless specifically stated otherwise in this tariff. Company-provided maintenance of Complex wiring will also be subject to the provisions of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission's Rules and Regulations, applicable electrical codes, and related Company practices. 2. In the event that the customer provides, maintains, or attempts to maintain premises inside wire and/or jacks, the customer assumes the risk of loss of service, damage to property, or death or injury to the customer or the customer's agent. The customer will save the Company harmless from any and all liability, claims, or damage suits arising out of the customer's wire provision or maintenance activity. 3. The customer is responsible for correcting any service difficulty that is causing harm to the telecommunications network upon notice from the Company that such wire is causing difficulty. 4. Company-provided maintenance of premises wiring and jacks for Complex Services is provided on an optional basis at the customer's request at rates and charges in addition to the rates and charges specified for exchange service and is available subject to provisions of Part 68 of the Federal Communications Commission's Rules and Regulations. 5. Company-provided maintenance of premises wire and jacks associated with Complex Services is provided subject to any qualifications in this paragraph. The customer will pay for such maintenance on a nonrecurring charge basis per maintenance visit utilizing Premises Work Charges found in Section XI, Schedule A, as set forth under Option II. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 9 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - WARRANTY FOR REPAIR OF PREMISES WIRE - COMPLEX SERVICES Limited Thirty Day Repair Warranty 1. Coverage The Company warrants repairs, including parts and workmanship, it has made to the premises telecommunications wiring and/or jacks against defects and malfunctions for a period of thirty days from the date of repair. If there is a defect or malfunction in the repairs, the Company will, at its option, either repair or replace this wiring and/or jacks at no charge to the customer, if the defect or malfunction is reported to an authorized Company representative during the warranty period. If replacement parts are used in making repairs, these parts may be refurbished or may contain refurbished materials. 2. Exclusions This warranty shall not apply to defects and malfunctions resulting from any accident, fire, alteration, abuse, misuse, acts of God such as floods, storms or earthquakes, acts of war, gross negligence, willful damage, vandalism or any unauthorized repair. THE COMPANY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS, DAMAGE, OR EXPENSE DIRECTLY OR IN DIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE CUSTOMER'S USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS WIRING, EITHER SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT. 3. Customer's Responsibility To obtain repair service, the customer must call the Company repair number which can be found in the telephone directory, or call the Company Business Office. When the repair person arrives and before any work is performed, the customer must present proof of the date the warranty commenced. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 10 DEREGULATED SERVICES MAINTENANCE OF CUSTOMER PREMISES INSIDE WIRE - SERVICE EXPEDITING CHARGE General 1. When the customer requests that service be provided in advance of normal service intervals, and the Company can comply, a service expediting charge will apply per request per exchange in addition to all other service and installation charges normally applicable. 2. If the Company commits to an expedited service date and then fails to meet the commitment, the customer shall not be responsible for the Service Expediting Charge and the Company shall have not further liability to the customer for its failure to meet the commitment. Charges STATUS STATUS STATUS Non-Key CODE Complex CODE Special Services CODE $25.00 $75.00 $300.00

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 11 DEREGULATED SERVICES INSTRUMENT CHARGE General The following instrument charge applies monthly for each company-provided telephone instrument and is in addition to the line access charge and other regulated charges associated with the service provided. STATUS Monthly Nonrecurring STATUS CODE Type Instrument Rate Charge CODE 1245 Mini Wall Phone $ 1.35 --- --- 1246 Impress Rotary Phone 5.40 --- --- 1247 Contempra Rotary Phone 2.60 --- --- 1250 Standard Desk - Rotary 1.00 --- --- 1251 Standard Wall - Rotary 1.00 --- --- 1252 Rotary 2-Line Phone 2.30 --- --- 1253 Rotary 3-Line Phone 2.80 --- --- 1269 Contempera Touchtone Phone 3.20 --- --- 1274 Standard Desk - Touchtone 1.60 --- --- 1275 Standard Wall - Touchtone 1.60 --- --- 1276 Touchtone 2-Line Phone 1.90 --- --- 1277 Touchtone 3-Line Phone 3.40 --- --- 1308 Rotary Compact - Desk 2.60 $ 5.00 8375 1309 Rotary Compact - Wall 2.60 $ 5.00 8375 1310 Touchtone Compact - Desk 3.20 --- --- 1311 Touchtone Compact - Wall 3.20 --- --- 1330 Rotary Trendline - Desk 2.60 --- --- 1331 Rotary Trendline - Wall 2.60 --- --- 1332 Touchtone Trendline - Desk 3.20 --- --- 1333 Touchtone Trendline - Wall 3.20 --- --- 1345 Panel Telephone Set 3.20 $25.00 8341 1291 Phone Transformer - Compact .35 --- --- 1933 Panasonic Set 2.75 --- --- R Deregulated: 1/1/88 R - Restricted to existing services only, no new services will be offered.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 12 DEREGULATED SERVICES EMPLOYEE CONCESSIONS General 1. A 100% concession is made for employee's telephone equipment for the provision of standard residence service only. 2. Equipment may be furnished by the Company at its expense in the residence of employees, when in its judgement, the interests of the Company in rendering continuous service to the public will be advanced, and shall be limited to employees who are frequently contacted at their residence outside of regular office hours, concerning affairs relating to the business of the Company. Conditions 1. Employees' telephone equipment, at their residence, is available to employees of the Company having at least three months continuous credited service with the Company. Telephone is not available when the employee resides in a boarding and/or rooming house. Rates Monthly STATUS Rate CODE Inside Wire Plan $ 0.00 1175 Rotary Trendline 0.00 1248 Standard Rotary 0.00 1249 Touchtone Trendline 0.00 1284 Touchtone Standard 0.00 1285 Long Cord 0.00 1694

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 13 DEREGULATED SERVICES SPEAKERPHONE General A speakerphone is an arrangement furnished in conjunction with a telephone handset station consisting of a microphone, a separate loudspeaker and associated equipment which allows the user to carry on a regular telephone conversation without the necessity of holding the handset. The microphone may be provided separately or as a component part of the handset mounting. The handset of the telephone may be used in the normal manner if desired. The following charges apply and are in addition to regulated services and rates such as regular service connection, move and change charges and monthly rates applicable to the service with which it is associated: Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE Speakerphone, each Single Line Instrument $15.00 8377 $ 8.25 1298 Multiline Instrument $15.00 8377 $ 15.00 1299 Panasonic Speakerphone $ 4.25 1932 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 14 DEREGULATED SERVICES CORDLESS TELEPHONES When cordless telephones are used with the Telephone Company facilities, whether Company-Provided or Customer-Provided, the subscriber shall be responsible for the payment of all calls made from the subscriber's telephone number. The subscriber has exclusive control over the cordless telephone base and cordless telephones are of the type that other cordless phones with the same frequency can access the same base station, therefore the Company will not allow toll denial where these type instruments are used. The subscriber indemnifies the Company against and holds the Company harmless from any and all losses, claims, demands, causes of action, damages, costs or liability, in law or in equity, or every kind and nature whatsoever (including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, losses, claims, demands, causes of action, damages, costs or liability for libel, slander, fraudulent or misleading advertising, invasion of the right of privacy, or infringement of copyright or patent) arising directly or indirectly from the material transmitted over its facilities or arising directly or indirectly from any act or omission of the customer or the calling party while using or attempting to use facilities furnished by the Company or arising from combining with, or using in connection with facilities of the Company, any cordless telephone. Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE Cordless Telephone --- --- $0.00 1292 R Deregulated: 1/1/88 R - Restricted to existing services only, no new services will be offered.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 15 DEREGULATED SERVICES OUTDOOR TELEPHONE SETS General Outdoor telephone sets consist of a metal enclosed nonportable telephone set for outdoor use. The rate shown below is in addition to the rate applicable to the service furnished. Rates STATUS Monthly Rate CODE Outdoor Telephone Set, each $ 6.60 1300 Conditions 1. A change in type of equipment charge applies in connection with a change in type of housing of the telephone set. 2. This equipment may be furnished with all classes and grades of service when the provision of such equipment does not, in the judgement of the Company, impair any associated services. 3. The costs involved with installing outdoor equipment and associated wiring in excess of that required for a normal installation will be borne by the customer. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 16 DEREGULATED SERVICES EXPLOSION PROOF EQUIPMENT Conditions As prescribed by the National Electrical Safety Code, explosive atmospheres have been classed in various classes and groups. Class I has been set up for gases, vapors, etc., and Class II for dusts, powders, etc. Under Class I, gasses have been divided into four groups as follows: Group A - Acetylene Group B - Manufactured Gas and Hydrogen Group C - Refineries and Chemical Plant Vapors of Ethyl Ethers, Gasoline, Petroleum, Naptha and Acetone Group D - Alcohols and Lacquer Solvents 1. Telephone instruments, that have been approved by the Underwriter's Laboratory may be provided for Groups B, C, and D of Class I and all of Class II. 2. Explosive atmosphere equipment may be furnished with individual line, PABX, and key station service, but may not be furnished for use in areas where acetylene gases may be present. 3. This equipment is designed to minimize the danger in atmospheres classified in the National Electrical Codes as dangerous. 4. The subscriber may be required to install and maintain explosive atmosphere equipment in any hazardous area where, in the opinion of the Company, injury or damage to company employees or property might result. 5. The subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless and thereby release the Company from any and all legal or other expenses, claims, costs, losses, suits or judgements for damages or injuries to or deaths of persons, or damages to or destruction of property arising in any way directly or indirectly, by reason of any use by the subscriber of the equipment provided by the Company and shall sign a release thereto. 6. The subscriber is required to furnish and maintain all explosion proof conduit and fittings for telephones and signals, wiring and commercial power which may be required to operate signals. Rates STATUS Monthly Rate CODE Per Telephone Instrument $ 8.00* 1262 Associated equipment will be based on cost. Installation, move or change charges will be based on cost. *In addition to the monthly rate for the class and grade of service furnished. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 17 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPAIRED HEARING EQUIPMENT General Impaired hearing equipment may be provided for use with all classes and grades of service, except public and semi-public telephone service. The following monthly rate is in addition to the regulated monthly rate for the class of service furnished, plus any service connection, inside move or change charge applicable. Rates Nonrecurring Monthly STATUS Charge Rate CODE Turn Button to control amplification --- $1.00 1301 Amplified Handset --- $1.00 1302 Installation, move or change charge $5.00 --- 8251 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 18 DEREGULATED SERVICES CORDS General Standard nonspring cords of up to approximately seven feet in length are regularly furnished between the telephone set mounting and the connecting block or bell box. Standard spring cords of approximately six feet in length are regularly furnished between the telephone set mounting and the handset (transmitter-receiver). Long cords are furnished at the charges specified below except that under the following conditions the installation or change charge would not be applicable where cords of the same length are involved. 1. Move of a cord in connection with an inside move of the associated telephone instrument or in case of a change of address in the same exchange. 2. Change of name and responsibility where the new subscriber assumes all the obligations of the present subscriber. 3. Replacement of a long cord with a standard length cord. 4. Replacement of a worn or defective cord with a cord of the same length. When service is reestablished to "left-in" long cords, no installation charges shall be made to the subscriber for such reestablishment if the cord is in a serviceable condition. Where such "left-in" cords are not in a serviceable condition, the installation charge as set out below shall apply for replacement thereof. Rates Installation STATUS Monthly STATUS Charge CODE Rate CODE Mounting cords for use between connecting block (or bell box) and mounting: Long cord, nonspring (15') $3.50 8340 $ .30 1690 Long cord, nonspring (25') $3.50 8340 $ .30 1692 Hand set cords for use between mounting and hand set: Long cord, spring (25') $3.50 8340 $ .30 1693 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 19 DEREGULATED SERVICES CORDS (Continued) Conditions 1. Requirements for the provision of special cords, not covered above, will be at cost. 2. Cords provided under this schedule will remain the property of the company. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 20 DEREGULATED SERVICES JACK EQUIPMENT General 1. Jack equipment may be provided in connection with PABX, Centrex, Key and all other classes of main station service except public and semi-public coin box telephone service. Jack installations shall be restricted, however, in connection with any station line to such locations and number as will not, in the opinion of the Company, adversely affect the service. 2. Where service is reestablished to "left-in" jack equipments, no charge shall be made to the subscriber for such reestablishment if all jacks and associated wiring are in place and in good repair. Where "left-in" jack equipments are not all in place or in good repair nonrecurring charges quoted below shall apply for such jacks as must be replaced or rewired. 3. Where unusual costs are involved, such as where concealed wiring is desired and the subscriber has not provided necessary conduit suitably located, additional charges based on costs shall apply. 4. Where a customer requests a jack for use with a customer-provided answering device for which the customer has met the requirements for connection to the Company's facilities as specified elsewhere in this tariff, a jack will be provided for that purpose without requiring the customer to subscribe to portable telephone service. 5. Flush type jacks may be furnished only when the customer provides suitable outlets. 6. Waterproof outdoor jacks may be furnished with all classes and grades of service when the provision of such equipment does not, in the judgment of the Company, impair any associated service. 7. The costs involved with installing waterproof outdoor jacks and associated wiring in excess of that required for normal installation will be borne by the customer. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 21 DEREGULATED SERVICES JACK EQUIPMENT (Continued) General (Continued) 8. Three and four conductor capacity jacks, or jacks of more than four conductor capacity for use with party line service will be installed or moved at the charges quoted in rates following. An nonrecurring charge based on costs shall apply to each jack other than those listed in "rates" except for those jacks installed for use with party line service mentioned above. 9. The Modular Converter allows an existing Company-installed Connecting Block to be changed to a standard modular jack. The modular converter is a standard network interface for the connection of terminal equipment. The Modular Converter: a. is designed for use by the customers only in conjunction with residential exchange service. b. may be provided only by the Company. c. will be provided to customers at no charge for any unit of terminal equipment, Company-provided, being connected or being exchanged for a different type or color of terminal or where a modular connection is needed. d. will be provided in a quantity greater than the units of terminal equipment being connected or changed at charges specified in "Rates and Charges" following. Rates and Charges Nonrecurring STATUS Monthly STATUS Charge CODE Rate CODE 1. Jacks at fixed locations a. Indoor type jacks, each $ 5.00 8350 --- --- b. Outdoor type jacks, each $ 5.00 8351 --- --- c. Two (2) line modular jack $ 1.50 1213 2. Jacks for movable premises a. Waterproof jack and plug, 3 conductor $14.85 b. Waterproof jacks, 3 conductor in excess of plugs, each $10.15 c. Flexible waterproof cord for use in connection with above, per foot $ .20 3. All other jacks or plugs, not listed above will be provided at cost. Deregulated: 1/1/87

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 22 DEREGULATED SERVICES SIGNALING EQUIPMENT General Various types of signaling equipment are available for primary or secondary signaling purposes. These rates are in addition to regulated charges associated with such services. Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE For Separate signal control equipment: a. Signal control equipment for operating one or more commercial power type signals $ 7.00 8250 $ 2.00 1600 For auxiliary signals associated with separate signal control equipment: a. Commercial power type horn $ 7.00 8250 $ 5.00 1601 For auxiliary signals operated directly by ringing power and not associated with signal control equipment: a. Outdoor Type, each 1) Extension Bell $ 7.00 8250 $ .75 1602 2) Loud ringing extension gong $ 7.00 8250 $ 1.50 1603 3) Extra ringer $ 7.00 8250 $ .75 1617 b. Indoor Type, each 1) Extension Bell $ 7.00 8250 $ .70 1620 2) Loud ringing gong 7.00 8250 1.50 1621 3) Chimes 7.00 8250 .70 1622 4) Lamp, cold cathode type 7.00 8250 1.25 1623 5) Buzzer, each 7.00 8250 .35 1618 6) Cutoff Switch, each 7.00 8250 .35 1625 7) Loud ringing bell 7.00 8250 1.50 1627 c. Semi-Public Phone Booth (1850) Individual Case Basis Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 23 DEREGULATED SERVICES SIGNALING EQUIPMENT (Continued) Conditions 1. Mileage charges for signaling circuits between different buildings or premises are as stated under "Extension Line Mileage" in Section V of the regulated tariff, and are in addition to the above charges. 2. Signals may be activated directly from telephone line, from a commercially powered control relay which may serve a group of signals, or from a commercially powered relay which is self-contained in the signaling unit. 3. Visual signals may be provided only when an audible signal is permanently connected to the line. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 24 DEREGULATED SERVICES TRANSFER KEY OR CONFIDENCER General A transfer switch or key (confidencer) can be provided in connection with residence or business service to perform such functions as switching one phone to two different lines, connecting two phones to one line, or to cut off an extension station, extension bell, etc. Rates Monthly STATUS Installation STATUS Rate CODE or Move CODE Confidencr Key, each $ .75 1631 $ 7.50 8269 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 25 DEREGULATED SERVICES PHONE LOCK A phone lock device enables the customer to prevent outgoing calls. Rates Nonrecurring STATUS Charge CODE Phone Lock $ 8.00 8259 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 26 DEREGULATED SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous equipment not covered elsewhere in this section when requested by the customer, will be provided, when practical, by the Company, based on the cost of the equipment, plus Company overhead. Rates The Monthly Rate will be determined in the following manner: (1) Cost of equipment, times Company's annual carrying charges, divided by twelve. (2) Installation charges will be based on actual costs. These charges will be in addition to the class of service furnished and any applicable regulated service connection charges.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 27 DEREGULATED SERVICES CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETURN OF TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PLAN General The following tariff provisions apply specifically to that telephone equipment that is provided by the Company to residence and single line business customers. Regulations 1. Upon termination or cancellation of a portion or all service (line and equipment), the customer is responsible for the return of Company-owned telephone equipment in good condition, reasonable wear and tear thereof expected. 2. Only non-key, non-data single line business, non-key single line residence and modularly connected party line non-key customers are included. 3. Only Bay springs Telephone Company, Inc. exchanges are included. 4. The customer may elect one of the following arrangements for the return of the telephone equipment: a. Remove the telephone equipment and reuse it in his new location, except where prohibited by other sections of this tariff, within the same local calling area designated by the Company. b. Return the telephone equipment to a location designated by the Company during established working hours and normal working days. c. Under specially designated circumstances, e.g., persons with a handicap, or persons with non modular wall sets, the customer may arrange for pick-up of the telephone equipment from the customer's premises by the Company when negotiating the termination or cancellation of telephone equipment service. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 28 DEREGULATED SERVICES CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETURN OF TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PLAN (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 5. Until the customer responsibility is met and the Company recovers from the customer the telephone equipment in good condition, reasonable wear and tear thereof expected, a nonrecurring charge, set forth in Unrecovered Equipment Charges following, will be billed to the customer to recover the costs that the Company must incur for each unit of telephone equipment that is not recovered. When the customer responsibility is met, the customer will be credited. The customer will not be held responsible for this charge where the Company does not recover its telephone equipment due to natural disasters. (See Rates on Page 29 this section.) 6. The Unrecovered Telephone Equipment Charge will also be billed in those instances where telephone equipment has been furnished by mail to a customer in accordance with established procedures to replace a defective set and the defective set has not been returned to the Company by the customer. (See Rates on Page 29 this section.) 7. All telephone equipment for which the customer has been billed the Unrecovered Telephone Equipment Charge and the charge has not been paid remains the property of the Company. Ownership of the telephone equipment will transfer to the customer upon payment of the charge. (See Rates on Page 29 this section.) 8. A customer may return the telephone equipment for which the Unrecovered Telephone Equipment Charge has been paid within 30 days from the date of payment and the Company will refund the charge upon customer presentation of proof of payment. 9. Customers returning or reusing the telephone equipment in accordance with the options 4.a. and 4.b. above may be eligible for "Optional Set Recovery Plan." Indemnification The subscriber indemnifies and saves the Company harmless from any and all liability, damages, losses, claims, or demands of any kind arising out of any act of omission of the subscriber or any other person in connection with the removal of the telephone instruments. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 29 DEREGULATED SERVICES CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITY FOR RETURN OF TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT PLAN (Continued) Unrecovered Telephone Equipment Charges STATUS Sale Price CODE Optional Set Recovery: Standard Telephone Set $ 20.95 8181 Touchtone Telephone Set 22.95 8182 Trimline Telephone Set 24.95 8183 Touchtone-Trimline Telephone Set 26.95 8184 Stolen Phone ** 8960 Credit for Return of Equipment, per set ** Based on type of phone. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 30 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT Under certain circumstances, at the option of the Company, the Company may desire to sell in-place telephone equipment or telephone equipment from Company inventory. General Regulations 1. Equipment offered for sale will continue to be provided on a monthly basis pursuant to the rates, terms and conditions of the Company's policies. 2. Telephone equipment sold by the Company is intended for use with individual line or party line exchange service. It is not offered for sale with coin service or with any lines extended from or behind key, PABX or Centrex service. 3. Telephone equipment for sale by the Company will be offered as available. Except for in-place equipment, such equipment is available for inspection pick-up and purchase only at locations designated by the Company. Where, requested by the customer, arrangements will be made by the Company to ship equipment purchased to a location designated by the customer at the customer's expense. 4. Purchasers of in-place telephone equipment will be provided a proof of purchase in the form of a dated sticker to permanently identify equipment as customer-provided equipment. 5. Title to equipment sold hereunder and risk of loss of or damage to equipment sold hereunder passes to the purchaser upon receipt of payment in full by the Company or upon delivery to the purchaser, or purchaser's agent, whichever is first. Upon passage of title the Company shall bear no liability for repair or replacement of such equipment except as herein provided or other wise provided by law. If the equipment sold hereunder is damaged or lost during shipping, the Company's liability shall be limited to the repair or replacement of such equipment. 6. THE COMPANY MAKES NO WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND THE COMPANY MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF ANY OTHER KIND, AS TO THE SOLD EQUIPMENT, OR ANY MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES PROVIDED UNDER ANY SECTION OF THIS TARIFF EXCEPT AS HEREIN PROVIDED. IF THE COMPANY CANNOT LEGALLY DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES, THEN THE COMPANY DOES NOT DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES BUT DOES LIMIT ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY, TO THE SAME PERIOD OF TIME SET FORTH IN THE EXPRESS WARRANTY GIVEN WITH THE EQUIPMENT SOLD. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 31 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) General Regulations (Continued) 6. (Continued) IN NO EVENT, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF BREACH OF CONTRACT, TORT LIABILITY (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE AND STRICT LIABILITY) OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE COMPANY OR ITS AUTHORIZED SERVICE AGENTS BE LIABLE TO ANY ONE FOR DAMAGES OR EXPENSES DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE OTHER EQUIPMENT, EITHER SEPARATELY OR IN COMBINATION WITH OTHER EQUIPMENT, OR FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, EXCEPT FOR THE LIABILITY TO REPAIR OR REPLACE A SET COVERED BY A WARRANTY AND FOR INJURY TO PERSONS CAUSED BY THIS EQUIPMENT OR ITS FAILURE TO WORK, IF IT IS USED OR BOUGHT FOR USE PRIMARILY FOR PERSONAL, FAMILY, OR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S LIABILITY SHALL APPLY TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. 7. Copies of the warranties for sold equipment are available for inspection at locations designated by the Company and will be provided with each purchase. 8. Upon expiration of warranties, maintenance for equipment sold under this tariff will be the responsibility of the customer. 9. Where repair is offered, customers shall bring equipment needing repair to locations designated by the Company and call for equipment at the same location when repairs are completed. When repairs are offered, the Company reserves the right to repair by replacing the entire unit with a similar unit. 10. Except as otherwise provided herein, customers shall pay for telephone equipment and repairs at the time of purchase or at the time the equipment is turned in for repair, in cash or its equivalent. 11. Customers who elect to continue telephone equipment on a monthly rate basis in lieu of purchase and who do not return or reuse such equipment at the time of discontinuance of service, will be charged an Unrecovered Telephone Equipment Charge. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 32 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) Sale of In-Place Equipment 1. Customer may purchase all of the telephone equipment listed in "Rates" following which is in-place on their premises, or they may continue the monthly rates and charges. No partial purchase of in-place equipment will be permitted. 2. The purchase price for all in-place telephone equipment in service at a customer's premises will be as set forth in "Rates" following. 3. Telephone equipment sold in-place is not eligible for refund. 4. In-place telephone equipment purchased under the terms and conditions specified in this tariff section will be warranted by the Company as follows: LIMITED WARRANTY WHAT THE WARRANTY COVERS AND FOR HOW LONG: 1. If this telephone equipment does not work, return it within 30 days of the date of purchase, and the Company will fix it, or at our option, replace it at no charge. Repair or replacement is all we will do. 2. This warranty does not cover defects or malfunctions resulting from accidents, alterations, failure to follow instructions, misuse, fire, flood and acts of God. 3. We do not warrant that this telephone equipment will work with the equipment of any particular Telephone Company or with party line, key or PABX service. 4. The Company does not warrant the cords, as applicable, used with telephone equipment purchased in-place. WHAT WE WILL NOT DO: 5. We will not pay mailing costs. 6. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER OR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WHICH SOLD THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WILL PAY FOR LOSS OF TIME, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF USE OF THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 33 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) Sale of In-Place Equipment (Continued) LIMITED WARRANTY (Continued) WHAT WE WILL NOT DO: (Continued) 7. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER OR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WHICH SOLD THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WILL PAY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THIS TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT OR ITS FAILURE TO WORK OR BY FAILURE OF TELEPHONE SERVICE AT OR THROUGH THIS TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. This will not apply to personal injury if you use this telephone equipment mainly for personal, household, or family purposes. 8. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WHICH SOLD THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THOSE OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY FOR MORE THAN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. 9. This warranty sets forth all the responsibilities of the manufacturer and the Telephone Company regarding this telephone equipment. This warranty is the only one on your telephone equipment, and there are no other express warranties from the manufacturer. There are no other express warranties from the Telephone Company. WHAT THE CUSTOMER MUST DO: 10. For warranty service, return your telephone equipment within thirty (30) days from the date of purchase to a location designated by the Telephone Company. For information on warranty service, call the Telephone Company. If you send your telephone equipment, you must pay for all mailing costs. When you return the telephone equipment for warranty service, you must show proof of the date of purchase. OTHER CONDITIONS: 11. If we fix your telephone equipment, we may use reconditioned replacement parts or materials. If we choose to replace your telephone equipment, we may replace it with a reconditioned one of an equivalent type. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 34 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) Sale of In-Place Equipment (Continued) LIMITED WARRANTY (Continued) STATE LAW RIGHTS: 12. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you. 13. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Rates (Also applies as "Unrecovered Telephone Equipment Charge.") STATUS Product Sale Price CODE Traditional Telephone Set Rotary, desk & wall $ 20.95 8181 Touch-tone, desk & wall 22.95 8182 Trimline Telephone Set Rotary, desk & wall 24.95 8183 Touch-tone, desk & wall 26.95 8184 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 35 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) Sale of Equipment From the Company's Inventory 1. This section sets forth conditions for customer purchase of basic and functional telephone equipment listed in "Rates" following, from the Company's inventory. 2. Customers may purchase equipment listed in "Rates" following from the Company or they may obtain basic and functional telephone equipment from the Company by paying the monthly and nonrecurring rates and charges associated with the equipment, if applicable. 3. Equipment furnished from inventory may have been refurbished. 4. The Company may refuse to repair or replace equipment if, in the opinion of the Company, such equipment is not reasonably repairable. 5. Equipment purchased under this offering may be returned with proof of purchase sticker attached for a full refund of the purchase price within 30 days from the date of purchase provided the equipment is undamaged and unaltered. 6. Equipment purchased from inventory under the terms and conditions specified in this tariff section will be warranted by the Company as follows: LIMITED WARRANTY WHAT THE WARRANTY COVERS AND FOR HOW LONG: 1. If this telephone equipment does not work or if there is a defect in it, return it within 120 days of the date of purchase, and the Telephone Company will fix it, or at our option, replace it at no charge. Repair or replacement is all we will do. WHAT THE WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER: 2. This warranty does not cover defects and malfunctions resulting from accidents, alterations, failure to follow instructions, misuse, fire, flood and acts of God. 3. We do not warrant that this telephone equipment will work with the equipment of any particular Telephone Company or with party line, key or PABX service. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 36 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) Sale of Equipment From the Company's Inventory (Continued) WHAT WE WILL NOT DO: 4. We will not pay mailing costs. 5. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WHICH SOLD THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WILL PAY FOR LOSS OF TIME, INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF USE OF THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. 6. NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WHICH SOLD THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WILL PAY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGE OR PERSONAL INJURY CAUSED BY THIS TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT OR ITS FAILURE TO WORK OR BY FAILURE OF TELEPHONE SERVICE AT OR THROUGH THIS TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT OR ANY OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. This will not apply to personal injury if you use this telephone equipment mainly for personal, household or family purposes. 7.NEITHER THE MANUFACTURER NOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANY WHICH SOLD THE TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING THOSE OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND MERCHANTABILITY FOR MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) DAYS FROM THE DATE OF PURCHASE. 8. This warranty sets forth all the responsibilities of the manufacturer and the Telephone Company regarding this telephone equipment. This warranty is the only one on your telephone equipment, and there are no other express warranties from the manufacturer. There are no other express warranties from the Telephone Company. WHAT THE CUSTOMER MUST DO: 9. For warranty service, return your telephone equipment within thirty (30) days of the date of purchase to a location designated by the Telephone Company. For information on warranty service, call the Telephone Company. If you send your telephone equipment, you must pay for all mailing costs. When you return your telephone equipment for warranty service, you must show proof of the date of purchase. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 37 DEREGULATED SERVICES SALE OF BASIC AND FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT (Continued) Sale of Equipment From the Company's Inventory (Continued) LIMITED WARRANTY (Continued) OTHER CONDITIONS: 10. If we fix your telephone equipment, we may use reconditioned replacement parts or materials. If we choose to replace your telephone equipment, we may replace it with a reconditioned one of an equivalent type. STATE LAW RIGHTS: 11. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts or the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you. 12. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Rates STATUS Product Sale Price CODE Traditional Telephone Set Rotary, desk & wall $34.95 Touchtone, desk & wall 36.95 Trimline Telephone Set Rotary, desk & wall $44.95 Touchtone, desk & wall 46.95 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 38 DEREGULATED SERVICES ELECTRONIC OR SPECIAL KEY SERVICE SYSTEMS General Electronic or Special Key Service Systems are arrangements of equipment consisting of a key service unit (KSU) and stations connected to the KSU by means of a 3 pair cable, 1 pair for voice transmission, 2 pairs for sending and receiving data. Rates and Charges Monthly rates for the Electronic or Special Key Service Systems will be based on the cost of the equipment, times the Company's annual carrying charges divided by 12 to determine the monthly recurring cost. Installation of the common equipment (KSU) will be based on costs. Conditions All operating at the customer's premises will be performed at the expense of the customer, and will conform to the operating practices and procedures specified by the Company to maintain proper standards of service. A minimum contract period up to five (5) years may be required, by the Company, under the following conditions: 1. The customer will be required to execute such a contract prior to furnishing the service. 2. The termination liability of this contract will be based upon the installation cost of the equipment plus the estimated cost of removal, less the equipment salvage value. a) The termination charge covered in the contract will be reduced by an amount appropriate to the number of months that the contract has been in force. The minimum contract period will be determined by the Company. Where required, the Customer will furnish floor space and protective enclosures for equipment in accordance with Company specifications. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 39 DEREGULATED SERVICES KEY SYSTEMS General Key telephone service offers service arrangements by the use of telephones to provide the customer the following standard features: 1. Illumination--flashing incoming, steady busy, and wink hold 2. Hold--line and station 3. Signaling--common audible for incoming calls 4. Pick up--line and station 5. Power--for signaling and illumination 6. Time out--for flashing illumination and audible signaling on incoming calls which are unanswered 7. Interrupted ringing 8. Intercom Type A - Two Line Telephones provide an arrangement whereby two lines may be accessed by one or more telephones. A turn key (no push button) permits the user to select either of the two lines. This telephone is also equipped with a hold feature. The lifting of the left cradle plunger places a hold on the non-connected line. the turn key then may be turned alternately between the two lines, connecting one line while holding the opposite line. This is a non-expandable system and uses no common equipment as in key system. Type B - Three line, three hold (6 button) non-expandable key system requiring no common equipment. Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE Station Equipment a. Each 2 line instrument $ --- --- $ .90 1276 b. Each 3 line instrument --- --- 3.40 1277 Optional power supply for steady busy hold $7.50 8280 $3.00 1921 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 40 DEREGULATED SERVICES KEY SYSTEMS (Continued) Rates GRANDFATHERED RATES FOR SERVICES IN-PLACE AS OF 8/1/87. NO NEW SERVICES WILL BE OFFERED UNDER THESE RATES. The following rates apply to those customers in service as of 8/1/87. All new services will be based on cost. Quotes will be given on a customer request basis. Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE Common Equipment - each 1 to 5 line capacity system, with intercom $ 50.00 --- $35.00 --- - each 6 to 11 line capacity system, with intercom $ 75.00 --- $45.00 --- Stations - each 6 button set, rotary dial $ 8.00 8281 $ 3.40 1254 - each 10 button set, rotary dial $ 20.00 8282 $ 4.60 1255 - each 20 button set, rotary dial $ 20.00 8282 $ 5.40 1257 Touchtone - each 6 button set $ --- $ 4.00 1278 - each 10 button set $ --- $ 5.20 1279 - each 20 button set $ --- $ 6.00 1281 Auxiliary Equipment - Music on hold $15.00 --- $ 1.50 --- - Paging Adapter 15.00 --- 2.00 --- a. Amplifier 60 watt 15.00 --- 5.00 --- b. Amplifier 10 watt 15.00 --- 7.00 --- - Tone Dial Adapter 15.00 --- 10.00 --- - Automatic or ring down tie line* 10.00 --- 5.40 --- - Automatic exclusion per line, per station 5.00 --- 1.35 --- - Manual exclusion per line, per station 5.00 --- 1.35 --- - Common audible/station audible, each 5.00 --- 1.00 --- - Other optional features, each feature 10.00 --- 4.00 --- Cabling in excess of 50 feet per station on the premises of customer** - each additional 10' or fraction thereof (150 feet maximum) $ 2.50 1922 --- --- - over 150 feet on continuous premise see "Extension Line Mileage" in Section V of the tariff. * When automatic or ringdown tie lines are required the maximum number of lines for the system with which they are associated is reduced by: one line for each automatic tie line, and two lines for each ringdown tie line. Such lines have no effect upon compliance with minimum requirements for lines or stations. ** For application of these charges the allowable footage for the stations associated with each key system may be combined. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 41 DEREGULATED SERVICES KEY SYSTEM (Continued) Conditions All costs associated with commercial power, power outlets or conduit required in the installation and operation of key equipment on the customer's premises will be provided by the customer. All operating at the customer's premises will be performed at the expense of the customer, and will conform to the operating practices and procedures specified by the Company to maintain proper standards of service. A termination agreement may be required on any of the systems or plans shown above in rates. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 42 DEREGULATED SERVICES ELECTRONIC OR SPECIAL PABX SERVICE General A Private Branch Exchange (PABX) is an arrangement of equipment consisting of a switchboard, either dial or manual, and stations connected with the switchboard which are arranged for inter-communicating between the stations and which may be connected with central office communication with the general exchange system for local and toll telephone service. Rates Equipment charges are applied on the basis of the cost of the equipment, times the Company's annual carrying charges, divided by 12 to determine the monthly recurring cost. STATUS CODE - 1950 Installation Charge Conditions All operating at the customer's premises will be performed at the expense of the customer, and will conform to the operating practices and procedures specified by the Company to maintain proper standards of service. Where required, the customer will furnish floor space and protective enclosures for equipment in accordance with company specifications. Multiple Cord Switchboard and Attended Automatic Switchboard installations will be made for a Minimum Contract Period of five (5) years. A nonmultiple cord switchboard requires a Minimum Contract Period of three (3) years. a. The customer will be required to execute such a contract prior to furnishing the service. b. The termination liability of this contract will be based upon the installation cost of the equipment plus the estimated cost of removal, less the equipment salvage value. 1. The termination charge covered in the contract will be reduced by an amount appropriate to the number of months that the contract has been in force. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 43 DEREGULATED SERVICES ALARM COUPLER The Alarm Coupler is intended for use with one-party telephone service and is furnished only where the called number can be dialed directly without the assistance of an operator. The subscriber shall indemnify and hold harmless and thereby release the Company from any and all legal or other expenses, claims, costs, losses, suits or judgements for damages or injuries to or deaths of persons, or damages to or destruction of property arising in any way directly or indirectly, by reason of any use by the customer of the facilities provided by the Company and shall sign a release thereto. Rates Rates will be based on costs, quotes will be given on a per customer request basis. STATUS CODE - 2410 Installation Charge Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 44 DEREGULATED SERVICES RECORDER CONNECTOR Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE Each recorder connector equipped with an automatic recorder tone device $6.00 8270 $ 2.60 2050 Conditions Customer-provided recording, reproducing and automatic answering and recording equipment may be used in connection with facilities of the Company for the following purposes and subject to the following conditions: Recording of two-way telephone conversation: a. Connection of customer-provided voice recording equipment with facilities of the Company for the recording of telephone conversations shall be made only through recorder tone device automatically producing a distinctive recorder tone device automatically producing a distinctive recorder tone that is repeated at intervals of approximately fifteen seconds when recording equipment is in use. b. Permanent connection shall be made only through recorder connector equipment furnished, installed, and maintained by the Company. c. Connection may be made through portable recorder connector equipment provided such equipment is obtained from and is maintained by the Company. The portable recorder connector equipment shall be connected with the telephone line through jacks installed by the Company on each line or at each station used for recording purposes except that where recording is done at a cord switchboard, a portable jack box supplied and maintained by the company may be used. d. The customer-provided voice recording equipment shall be so arranged that at the will of the user it can be physically connected to and disconnected from the facilities of the company or switched on and off. e. When a Federal Communications Commission licensed broadcast station customer records two-way conversations solely for broadcast over the air, recorder connector equipment which does not contain the automatic recorder tone device may be used at the option of the customer. Such equipment will be provided to the customer at the rates and charges filed for recorder connector equipment equipped with a tone device, under rates above. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 45 DEREGULATED SERVICES RECORDER COUPLER Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rate CODE Recorder Coupler without Automatic Tone Device $24.00 8271 $ 7.80 2051 Conditions Recording of incoming message only Connection of customer-provided recording equipment with the facilities of the Company for the recording of incoming messages only shall be made through connecting equipment furnished, installed, and maintained by the Company. Such connecting equipment permits an attendant to use telephone sets furnished on the same line to monitor the recording of incoming messages but physically prevents recording during two-way telephone conversations. A recorder tone is not required. Transmission of prerecorded messages Connection of customer-provided reproducing equipment with the facilities of the Company for the transmission of prerecorded messages shall be made through connecting equipment furnished, installed and maintained by the Company. Automatic answering and recording equipment Connection of customer-provided automatic answering and recording equipment with facilities of the Company for transmitting a prerecorded message to the calling party, if desired, and recording an incoming message only shall be made through connecting equipment furnished, installed and maintained by the Company. Such connecting equipment will automatically trip the ringing and hold the connection. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 46 DEREGULATED SERVICES DATA SETS General Data sets can be provided for transmitting data from a customer remote location back to a centralized computer. The type of data set provided for in this tariff will accept low to medium-speed (Maximum 100 characters per second) parallel dc signals from a business machine and convert these signals into frequency modulated tones for transmission over private line voice facilities of the switch telephone network or in leased line service. These date sets generally find application in data gathering systems where may low cost transmitting stations send data to a centralized computer. These sets are integrated units which combines a data transmitter, audible answerback circuits, remote test circuits, and a telephone set in one housing. Rates Rates will be based on costs and will be provided upon request by the subscriber. The above charges are in addition to charges for the class of service furnished. STATUS CODE - 2412 Installation Charge Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 47 DEREGULATED SERVICES AUTOMATIC ANSWERING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT - PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY General An automatic answering unit provides for the automatic answering of a telephone and the transmission of a prepared message to the calling party. An automatic answering and recording unit provides for the automatic answering of a telephone together with the transmission of a prepared message to the calling party and the subsequent recording of a message from the calling party. Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rates CODE 1. Answering Units A. Answer only $15.00 8400 $15.00 2400 B. Short play, equipped for recording of 12, 13 second messages $15.00 8401 $15.00 2401 C. Answering and recording equipped with a microphone, magnetic tape cartridge for preparing answering messages, (with a capacity of up to 2 hours) and voice control feature $25.00 8385 $29.00 2403 2. Optional Equipment A. Additional answering disc $ 3.00 8386 $ --- B. Additional spools of recording tape, each $ 8.50 8387 $ --- C. Alarm Timer $ --- $ 1.30 2395 D. Foot control and jack $ 7.50 8388 $ 3.00 2402 E. Message register $ 7.50 8389 $ 3.90 2394 F. Remote Call-back equipment 1. Remote unit (including 1 oscillator) $10.00 8390 $ 3.90 2393 2. Additional Oscillator $40.00 8391 $ --- Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 48 DEREGULATED SERVICES AUTOMATIC ANSWERING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT - PROVIDED BY THE COMPANY (Continued) Conditions Automatic answering and recording equipment owned by the Company may be provided only in conjunction with business or residence individual line, PABX trunk and PABX station line services. The use of automatic answering equipment is subject to the following conditions: 1. For purposes of identification, subscribers to telephone service who transmit recorded public announcements over facilities provided by the Company must include in the recorded message the name of the organization or individual responsible for the service and the address at which the service is provided. 2. Subscribers transmitting factual public announcements such as time, weather, stock market quotations, air line schedules and similar information are excluded from the preceding condition. Optional equipment will be provided with compatible answering units. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE B SHEET NO. 49 DEREGULATED SERVICES AUTOMATIC DIALING EQUIPMENT General An automatic dialer may be furnished in connection with any telephone station using a dial (excluding public and semi-public service) and is arranged to automatically dial any one of a predetermined and prearranged set of telephone numbers upon activation by the subscriber. The outlet and commercial power for the operation of an automatic dialer is to be provided by the subscriber. The following charges are in addition to the regular monthly rate for the class of service furnished, plus any service connection, move or change charge applicable. Rates Installation, Move STATUS Monthly STATUS or Change Charge CODE Rates CODE Automatic dialing equipment equipped for storing single line listings a. 1-16 line dialer $15.00 8392 $7.00 2274 b. 1-32 line dialer $15.00 8392 $9.50 2276 Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C INDEX DEREGULATED SERVICES Sheet No. Improved Mobile Telephone Service 1-10 Bay Springs Personal Paging Service 11

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 1 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE Application of Tariff This tariff applies to Improved Mobile Telephone Service furnished by the Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. within the area reached by the base stations owned by the Bay Springs Telephone Company, Inc. Regulations 1. General Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS) is a communication service similar to Mobile Telephone Service, but it also includes the following features: (1) Full two-way local dial service; (2) Full dial capability on long distance telecommunications service originated by the mobile unit when operating through its base station of registry; (3) Automatic channel selection; and (4) Full duplex operation. Improved Mobile Telephone Service also includes service through an Improved Mobile Telephone Service base station between a wire telephone or a mobile unit, and another station which is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to communicate with the Improved Mobile Telephone Service base station, or between two such other stations. In the application of regulations and rates, stations other than mobile units which are authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to communicate with a mobile telephone service base station are considered as mobile units. 2. Availability of Service Within the mobile service area which is defined as the entire area surrounding a landmobile base station within which satisfactory radio communications can be established and maintained between the base station and the mobile units. Improved Mobile Telephone Service is available on a 24 hour per day basis, subject to transmission, atmosphere, and like limitations, to landmobile units equipped for this service when within range of land radiotelephone stations through which such service is furnished, provided however, that the Telephone Company reserves the right to refuse to connect calls to or from any transient Mobile Unit which regularly places more calls through one particular Foreign Base Station than through its Base Station of Registry. Due to the inherent characteristics of radio transmission, the Company cannot warrant the range of coverage within the area in which the service is offered, since mobile units may by temporarily located in receiving blind spots. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 2 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 3. Provision of Equipment Mobile equipment may be provided either by the company or the customer, at the customer's option. If furnished, installed and maintained by the customer, the equipment shall be properly licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and shall meet the required specifications of the Company. All work of installation of lines or the provision of mobile telephone numbers furnished by the company on the customer's premises and in the mobile unit necessary to the furnishing of service, is done by the company. Lines or mobile telephone numbers furnished by the company on the customer's premises and in the mobile unit are the property of the company, whose agents and employees have the right to enter the premises and the mobile unit at any reasonable hour for the purpose of installing, inspecting or repairing, or upon termination of the service, of removing, the lines and/or equipment or discontinuing the provision of the mobile number. 4. Undertaking of the Company The Company's obligation to furnish service is dependent upon its ability to secure and retain suitable equipment and rights for the construction and maintenance of the necessary circuits and equipment. In case of a shortage of equipment to furnish mobile telephone service, applications for service will be filled in order of precedence as specified in "Order of Precedence in Adding Mobile Units" in this section of the tariff. The Company does not undertake to transmit messages, but offers the use of its facilities for communications between its customers. The Company provides no dispatching service. The mobile units in connection with this tariff, and the only mobile units that may be used in the company system is push button dial mobile (or any unit that is compatible to the company's base station), which connects to a telephone exchange and is listed as a telephone from that exchange. The equipment is automatic, and the Company undertakes only to transmit a signal for the purpose of actuating a signal on the mobile unit and accepts no responsibility for the transmission of further intelligence. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 3 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 5. Obligation of the Customer The calling party (or customer) shall establish his identity in the course of any communication as often as may be necessary. The calling party (or customer) shall be solely responsible for establishing the identity of the person or persons with whom connection is made at the called station. The customer's use of the radio transmitter on the mobile unit shall at all times be subject to the control of the equipment at the land radiotelephone station of the company. The customer is required to furnish, install and maintain the storage battery, adequate protected power supply and source, charging equipment and noise suppressors on his mobile unit required for the proper operation of the service, and the customer must provide housing for all equipment. In the event of customer damage or loss of Telephone Company provided equipment, the customer will be required, at the discretion of the Telephone Company, to indemnify the Telephone Company for said loss or damage. 6. Limited Conversation The company reserves the right to limit the length of conversation when necessary in time of emergency resulting in a shortage of facilities. 7. Liability of the Company In the event of an interruption to the service, which is not due to the negligence or willful act of the customer, there will be allowed a pro-rate adjustment of the monthly service charge for the service and facilities rendered useless and inoperative by reason of the interruption, during the time said interruption continues in excess of forty-eight hours from the time it is reported to the company or detected by the company. For the purpose of administration, every month is considered to have thirty days. When the lines of other telephone companies are used in establishing connections to points not reached by the company's lines, the company is not liable for any act or omission of the other company or companies. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 4 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 7. Liability of the Company (Continued) The company is not liable for damages for any accident or injury occasioned by the mobile unit or by supplementary apparatus provided in connection therewith when such accident or injury is not due to the negligence of the company. The company's liability arising from errors in or omissions of the directory listings shall be limited to any such charges as set forth in the regulated section of the tariff for the directory listing and may be satisfied by a refund or credit not to exceed the amount of the guarantee and fixed charges for the directory listings during the period covered by the directory in which such error or omission occurs. No other liability shall attach to the company. The liability of the company for damages arising out of mistakes, omissions, interruptions, delays or errors or defects in transmission occurring in the course of furnishing service or facilities and not caused by the negligence of the customer, or of the telephone company in failing to maintain proper standards of maintenance and operation and to exercise reasonable supervision, shall in no event exceed an amount equivalent to the proportionate charge to the customer for the period of service during which such mistake, omission, interruption, delay or error or defect in transmission occurs. 8. Payment of Service The customer is required to pay all charges for service in accordance with the company's regular billing and collection practices. 9. Advance Payments and Deposits Applicants for service, including existing telephone company subscribers, may be required to make an advance payment, at the time the application is made, equal to the installation charges and one month's charges for the service provided. The amount of the advance payment is credited to the customer's account on the first bill rendered for the service. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 5 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 9. Advance Payments and Deposits (Continued) The company may, in order to safeguard its interest, require an applicant or a customer to make a suitable deposit not to exceed the total estimated charges for two month's service, to be held by the company as a guarantee of the payment of charges. The fact that a deposit has been make in no way relieves the applicant or customer from complying with the company's regulations as to advance payments and the prompt payment of bills on presentation. At such time as the contract is terminated, the amount of the deposit is credited to the customer's account and any credit balance which may remain is refunded. At the option of the company, such a deposit may be refunded or credited to the customer at any time prior to termination of the contract. In case of a cash deposit, interest as set forth by the Public Service Commission will be paid for the period during which the deposit is held by the company, provided the period is one year or more. 10. Use of Service and Facilities The service is intended only for communications in which the customer has a direct interest and shall not be used for any purpose for which a payment or other compensation shall be received by him from any other person, firm, or corporation for such use, or in the collection, transmission or delivery of any communication for others. 11. Service Agreement An application for service becomes a contract upon the establishment of service. Neither the contracts or any rights acquired thereunder may be assigned or in any manner transferred. Requests for additional service, upon the establishment thereof, becomes a part of the original contract except that each item of additional service is furnished subject to payment of charges for the minimum contract period. The minimum contract period for service and facilities for the application of rates and charges is one month. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 6 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 12. Defacement of Premises or Property The company is not liable for any defacement or damage to the mobile unit or customer's premises resulting from the existence of the company's instruments, apparatus, and associated wiring thereon, or from the installation or removal thereof, when such defacement or damage is not the result of the negligence of the Company. In the event of damage or loss of mobile telephone apparatus or wiring installed by the company, and when the loss results from causes beyond the control of the customer, the customer will make available to the company complete information relative to the causes thereof and will subrogate to the company any right he may have, against any third persons, for such damage. 13. Order of Precedence in Adding Mobile Units When facilities in a given area are insufficient to permit furnishing mobile telephone service to all who desire such service, applications for service to new subscribers or to additional mobile lines of existing customers shall be filled in accordance with categories of precedence in the order listed below. All applications in the same category shall be filled in the order in which they are received and all such applications shall have precedence over applications in a lower category. Category 1 - Public safety and health: official federal, state, county and municipal government agencies protecting the public safety and health; private organizations and persons engaged primarily in protecting the public safety and health, such as physicians, hospitals, ambulance services, volunteer fire departments, American Red Cross, licensed protective patrols and armored cars and similar agencies. Category 2 - Carriers and utilities: contract carriers, common carriers, and public utilities (exclusive of taxicabs and livery service) for communications other than correspondence of the general public. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 7 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 13. Order of Precedence in Adding Mobile Units (Continued) Category 3 - Other public services: emergency repair organizations, not included in Category 1, protecting health and property, press associations, newspapers and broadcasting stations. Category 4 - Physically handicapped: persons who, because of physical handicaps, operate specifically equipped vehicles and are unable to leave such vehicles without assistance. Category 5 - Industrial: gas or oil producing or drilling operators, producers and distributors of fuel and lumber and other construction materials and equipment, food processing distribution and storage organizations, producers of substantial quantities of food, business concerns engaged in construction of housing and of public works, taxicabs and livery service. 14. Denial and Restoral of Service In the event of nonpayment of any sum due, the use of foul or profane expressions, the impersonation of another with fraudulent intent, or of any other violation of the lawful regulations of the company, or of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, or of the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, the company may either temporarily deny service, or terminate the contract. When the service of a customer has been temporarily denied in accordance with the preceding paragraph, but the contract has not been terminated or the order to remove the service has not been issued and completed, such service will be restored upon the payment of all charges due plus the applicable service connection charges. Upon the use of the service for the purpose of performing any service in competition with the service which the telephone company may now or hereafter furnish, the company may, by notice in writing to the customer without incurring any liability, forthwith discontinue the furnishing of said service and terminate the contract. The company reserves the right to terminate the contract at any time and the right to remove and disconnect the service, or to suspend service for an indefinite period of time, at any time, for any reason. In the event the company terminates the contract and removes its equipment from the customer's premises the company shall refund to the customer all advance payments for monthly charges. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 8 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Regulations (Continued) 15. Maintenance and Repair All ordinary expense for maintenance and repair of apparatus and/or lines provided by the telephone company, except as hereinafter set forth is borne by the company. The customer will be responsible for damages to or loss of apparatus or wiring installed by the company on mobile units when caused by his negligence but not for normal wear and tear. The customer may not rearrange, disconnect, remove or attempt to repair any apparatus or wiring owned and installed by the company or permit others to do so. The customer shall pay the Company $10.00 per hour for each man from the time the Company personnel is ready to leave to the mobile telephone site and until the man is returned to the Company vehicle, plus any applicable service connection charges as set forth under "Premises Work Charges". 16. Antenna System The Company shall furnish an antenna and, up to and including 50 feet of transmission line. Any additional transmission line or any special equipment needed for a specific job, such as, but not limited to, special mountings, brackets for antennas, special coaxial cables and connectors, special hangers and supports of any type, and any unusual tools, such as, but not limited to, welding machines, large drills, etc., when required shall be supplied by the customer or furnished by the Company at cost plus 25%. 17. Improved Mobile Telephone Service is furnished subject to the regulations set forth above and in addition to the regulations set forth above, is subject to the rules and regulations as set forth in the regulated tariff in Section VIII, "Rules and Regulations". 18. Exchanges of Registry The exchange of registry for Improved Mobile Telephone Service is Bay Springs, Mississippi. Deregulated: 1/1/88

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 9 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) Rates The following rates apply for mobile units Mobile Line Access rates are found in the regulated sections of the tariff. Toll charges are not included in this amount. Toll charges shall be charged at the filed message toll rates of the company or the connecting companies. MONTHLY STATUS RATE CODE Mobile Unit, per unit - basic $25.00 2450 Each Additional Channel, per channel $ 1.00 2451 (Customer-provided unit) Mobile Unit - Official Company Business $ 0.00 2449 Mobile units under contract for service through any of the base stations of this Company or any other mobile base station inside or outside this state, but being within range of and equipped to receive service from any base station of this Company other than its base station of registry, are furnished Transient Mobile Service only. Extensions, and special arrangements shall be furnished at a monthly rental of twice the cost of such service as filed in the company's deregulated services section.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 10 DEREGULATED SERVICES IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE (Continued) STATUS Installation Charges CODE Radio set and antenna system $50.00# 8240 Charge is higher, if additional expenses, due to unusual circumstances as set forth hereinabove, shall occur. Restoral of Service--In the event service has been denied or suspended for the reasons set forth in "Regulations", restoral of service shall be $25.00*, (8243) plus any applicable service connection charges. Move--Any move or part of a move involving re-routing of cables or wiring, set extending lengths of cable or wiring of the relocations of any antenna-$25.00*(8242)-plus charges for any unusual condition as listed herein, and any applicable service connection charges.

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE C SHEET NO. 11 DEREGULATED SERVICES BAY SPRINGS PERSONAL PAGING SERVICE General Bay Springs Personal Paging Units are a one-way radio receiver actuated through a land radiotelephone station by dialing a telephone number associated with the telephone central office in the exchange in which the paging service is offered. The receiver is a small portable radio unit which may be carried on the person of the subscriber. Subscriber paging equipment may be provided by the subscriber, leased from the Company under private contract, as desired by the subscriber. Subscriber-provided equipment shall be suitable for the proper operation of the service and approved by the Company. Rates Radio receiver paging units rates are as follows: Monthly Status Rate Code Pager Rental, per unit $14.00 2234 Pager Unit Insurance $ 1.00 2237

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE D INDEX DEREGULATED SERVICES Sheet No. Video, Inc. 1 - Bay Springs and Louin Systems 1 - SoSo System 3

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE D SHEET NO. 1 DEREGULATED SERVICES VIDEO, INC. Bay Springs and Louin System A. General Basic cable includes 22 channels. There are 3 pay channels available. Basic cable services must be subscribed to in addition to any pay channel. B. Rates CHANNEL MONTHLY RATE 2 - CNN 24 Hour News * 3 - WLBT Jackson (NBC) * 4 - ETV (Public Broadcasting System) * 5 - ESPN (24 Hour Sports Network) * 6 - National Weather * 7 - WDAM Hattiesburg (NBC) * 8 - WTBS Atlanta 24 Hour Movies * 9 - The Family Channel * 10 - USA * 11 - WTOK Meridian (ABC) * 12 - WJTV Jackson (CBS) * 13 - TNN Nashville Network * 14 - Country Music Television * 15 - ACTS (Southern Baptist Station) * 16 - WGN Chicago * 17 - Discovery Station * 18 - WOR New York * 19 - Cinemax (Movies) $10.00# 20 - HBO (Movies) $10.00# 21 - Disney $ 7.00# 22 - WHLT Hattiesburg-Laurel (CBS) * 23 - WDBD Fox 40 Jackson * 24 - Nickelodeon * 25 - QVC * 26 - Turner Network (TNT) * * Stations are included in basic cable monthly rates. # These rates are in addition to the Basic Cable rate. BASIC CABLE - Inside City Limits $15.50 - Outside City Limits $18.50 Equipment Charges - Converter Box, per box $ 1.00 - Extra Outlet, per outlet $ 2.00

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE D SHEET NO. 2 DEREGULATED SERVICES VIDEO, INC. (Continued) Bay Springs and Louin System (Continued) B. Rates (Continued) NONRECURRING CHARGE Installation Charge $20.00 Follow-Up Visit $15.00

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE D SHEET NO. 3 DEREGULATED SERVICES VIDEO, INC. (Continued) SoSo System A. General Basic cable includes 17 channels. There are 3 pay channels available. Basic cable services must be subscribed to in addition to any pay channel. B. Rates CHANNEL MONTHLY RATE 2 - WLOX (Biloxi) * 3 - USA * 4 - The Family Channel * 5 - WGN (Chicago) * 6 - WOR (New York) * 7 - WDAM Hattiesburg (NBC) * 8 - WTBS Atlanta 24 Hour Movies * 9 - CNN (24 Hour News) * 10 - ESPN (24 Hour Sports Network) * 11 - WTOK Meridian (ABC) * 12 - WHLT Hattiesburg (CBS) * 13 - TNT (Turner Network) * 14 - WMAW ETV (Public Broadcasting System) * 15 - Discovery * 16 - TNN Nashville Network * 17 - National Weather * 18 - Inspirational Network * 19 - Cinemax (Movies) $10.00# 20 - HBO (Movies) $10.00# 21 - Disney $ 7.00# * Stations are included in basic cable monthly rates. # These rates are in addition to the Basic Cable rate. BASIC CABLE $15.50 Equipment Charges - Converter Box, per box $ 1.00 - Extra Outlet, per outlet $ 2.00 NONRECURRING CHARGE Installation Charge $25.00 Follow-Up Visit $15.00

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE E INDEX DEREGULATED SERVICES Sheet No. Voice Mail 1

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XI SCHEDULE E SHEET NO. 1 DEREGULATED SERVICES VOICE MAIL General Voice mail answers the customer's telephone line, even when the line is busy, and invites the caller to leave a recorded message. The customer can retrieve the message by calling the voice mail center. Customers may use voice mail as a substitute for answering machines, answering services, or other voice mail providers. Rates MONTHLY STATUS RATE CODE Voice Mail - Basic Service 1) Residence $ 3.95 1472 2) Business 6.95 1456 Voice Mail w/Message Notification 1) Residence $ 4.95 1481 2) Business 7.95 1467

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 1


Issue Date: 06/01/18 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President Effective Date: 06/15/18 236 East Capitol Street Order Number: 07-UN-123 Jackson, MS 39201

RURAL ILEC PRICE REGULATION PLAN

A. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions will apply to the terms as used in this Rural ILEC Price Regulation Plan for Rural Incumbent Local Exchange Companies.

Basic Service Category - Residence and Business One Party Services

Bundled Service - Any regulated Telecommunications Service offered by

the Company in combination with one or more of the following components:

a. An affiliate’s Telecommunications and/or non-Telecommunications service; and/or

b. A non-Telecommunications Service; and/or c. A non-affiliated third party provider’s Telecommunications and/or

non-Telecommunications Service; and/or d. A Telecommunications Service or other product not regulated by the

Commission.

Business Day – Any calendar day excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and any Federal, State, or local holiday on which the company does not open for substantially all of its business functions.

Commission - Mississippi Public Service Commission

Contract Service Arrangement (CSA) - An arrangement whereby the

Company provides service pursuant to a contract between the Company and a customer. Such arrangements include situations in which the services are not otherwise available through the Company’s tariffs, as well as situations in which the services are available through the Company’s tariffs, but in order to meet competition the Company is lawfully permitted to offer those services at rates other than those set forth in its tariffs.

FCC – Federal Communications Commission. Initial Effective Date – Order Approving and Adopting Stipulation and

Adopting a Price Regulation Plan for the Mississippi Rural Incumbent Local Exchange Companies executed by the Commission on June 14, 2007.

Plan Year – Twelve months beginning June 15th and ending June 14th of

the following year.

ILEC/Company - A rural incumbent local exchange company certificated by the Commission to provide telecommunications services in its established franchised serving area.

(T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (N) (N) (N)

(T)

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 2 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 2


RURAL ILEC PRICE REGULATION PLAN A. DEFINITIONS (Continued)

Interconnection Service Category - Services that allow other telecommunications providers to interconnect to the Company’s networks and/or provide telecommunications services. Interconnection services include switched and special access service, local interconnection services, and other services that are required by telecommunications providers.

New Service - A regulated service filed by the Company that is not

currently offered by the Company as of the Initial Effective Date of the Plan, but which is subsequently introduced.

Optional/Discretionary Service Category - Services that are optional and

discretionary to the customers including Area Calling and Optional Calling Plan Services designated to meet the criteria 6A.

Package Service - A combination of tariffed Telecommunications Services,

regulated by the Commission, offered by the Company where each of the individual services combined could otherwise be purchased separately. Multi-Feature Discounts are considered a Package Service. Includes all other Area Calling and Optional Calling Plan Services except the one designated to meet the criteria 6A.

Plan - Rural ILEC Price Regulation Plan.

Residential (R1) and Business (B1) Local Service Revenues - Includes

revenues for the following services: One-Party Residence, One-Party Business, Residence and Business Area Calling Plan (“ACP”) access line and associated local usage (Note: local usage charges are not to exceed the charge for capped usage), applicable service connection charges, stand-alone Custom Calling and Advanced Calling Features, as well as, any other applicable regulated revenues associated with the provision of Residence and Business local service. For bundles or packages, where no separate identification can be made for: an access line, usage or features: 50% of the retail price of such-offerings will be imputed for local revenues.

Staff - Mississippi Public Utilities Staff.

Term – The original Plan is extended to June 14, 2027. Reviews shall be

held among the Commission, the Staff and the Companies at thirty six (36) month intervals during the duration of the term beginning June, 2018. The Plan may be extended beyond the term by order of the Commission.

(T) (T) (N) (T) (N) (T) (N) (N) (T) (T) (T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 3 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 3



B. PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN

1. Applicability of the Plan

The plan will apply to all tariffed services offered by the Company as of June 14, 2007 (Initial Effective Date of the Plan) and any future services regulated by the Commission.

2. Modifications to the Plan

Any and all modifications to this Plan will be prospective only and shall be subject to approval by the Commission.

3. Tariff Requirements

a. General Requirements

Tariffs shall be filed specifying applicable rates, terms and conditions for services offered.

(1) Rate reductions may be effective on one day’s notice unless

disapproved, modified or otherwise suspended by the Commission for a term not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days.

(2) All other tariff filings may become effective after thirty (30) days’

notice unless disapproved, modified or otherwise suspended by the Commission for a term not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days.

(3) Minimum and maximum rates for Optional services may be filed

requesting thirty (30) day approval. Rate changes within such bands can be approved on seven (7) days’ notice, unless disapproved, modified or otherwise suspended by the Commission for a term not to exceed one hundred twenty (120) days.

(4) The Company will provide customer notification by bill message,

bill insert, direct mail or electronic message to all affected customers of any rate increase. Notice of a rate increase shall include, at a minimum, the effective date of the rate change(s) and the new rate(s),

b. The Company will provide confidentially the terms, conditions, and rates

of any CSA upon request by the Commission or Staff.

(T)





B. PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN (Continued) 3. Tariff Requirements (continued) c. Optional Plans and Services may be eliminated after the plan or service

has been grandfathered for six months or more and less than 5% of the applicable customer base subscribe to the plan or service.

4. Pricing Rules as of June 15, 2018

a. As of the Initial Effective Date, this Plan capped rates for services in

the Basic Service Category. The Plan continues to cap increases to such rates. The Company is allowed to increase these rates up to two percent (2%) annually. Exception: Companies are allowed to adjust rates to meet any rate floors established by the FCC. Companies are allowed to increase the B1 to establish up to a 1.5 B1 to R1 Ratio (B1/R1). The rates for the Basic Service Category may be adjusted as required by any governmental mandate subject to approval of the Commission pursuant to B.9 below.

b. As of the Initial Effective Date, this Plan capped rates for services in

the Optional Discretionary Service Category. The Plan continues to cap increases to such rates. Current rates may be increased annually up to four percent (4%) per item or fifty (50) cents per item whichever is greater. Exception: Companies are allowed to adjust rates to meet any rate floors established by the FCC. Rates for services in the Optional Discretionary Service Category may be adjusted as required by any governmental mandate subject to approval of the Commission pursuant to B.9 below.

c. Intrastate access rates will be capped at then-current rates as of the

Initial Effective Date of The Plan. Intrastate access rates may be adjusted on the Commission’s own motion or as required by any governmental mandates pursuant to B.9 below. Intrastate access rates are included in the Interconnection Service Category.

d. Residential and Business Packaged and Bundled Services are priced

at the discretion of the company and may vary by exchange.

(T) (T) (I) (T) (T)




RURAL ILEC PRICE REGULATION PLAN B. PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN (Continued)

5. Depreciation

Following the effective date of the Plan, the Company will determine and set its own depreciation rates.

6. Qualification Criteria

a. Each Company will provide to both residential and business

customers at least one optional call plan.

b. Each Company was required to make broadband service available to eighty percent (80%) of its Mississippi customers within two (2) years from the Initial Effective Date of June 14, 2007. A Company’s broadband penetration deployment rate may be calculated, at the Company’s discretion, based on either Households Passed or customers served. Broadband service is defined as meeting the FCC Form 477 requirements in effect on the Initial Effective Date of the Plan.

c. Each Company will comply with Quality of Service Standards as

described in B.7 and subject to penalties as described in B.8.

7. Quality of Service Standards (QOS)

a. General

The Commission shall maintain oversight of the Company’s regulated service quality for Residence and Business customers.

(T) (T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 6 Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 6



7. Quality of Service Standards (QOS) (Continued)

b. Three service quality measurements and reporting requirements are established to allow the Commission to monitor performance for high quality service.

(1) Out-of Service (OOS) Trouble Reports- This service quality

measurement is established with a benchmark set at eighty-five percent (85.00%).

OOS Trouble Reports shall be addressed (either by initiation of physical site work, if applicable, or otherwise by fully clearing the OOS Trouble Report) no later than 5:00 p.m. Central Time (CT) on the next Business Day following the Company's receipt of the trouble report. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, (i) With respect to OOS Trouble Reports received at any time before close of business on a Friday, Company will exert best business efforts to complete by 5:00 p.m. CT on the following Saturday, and (ii) troubles addressed (either by initiation of physical site work, if applicable, or otherwise by fully clearing the OOS Trouble Report) within twenty-four (24) hours of actual report time are considered to have met the measurement. OOS Trouble Reports associated with Repair Appointments are to be excluded from this calculation. Companies with less than 3,000 access lines are allowed to exclude two (2) OOS Trouble Report below the benchmark each month.

(2) Customer Appointments Met – This service quality measurement is established with a benchmark set at eighty-five percent (85.00%).

(T) (T) (T) (T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 6.1 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 6.1




b. Three service quality measurements and reporting requirements are established to allow the Commission to monitor performance for high quality service. (Continued)

(2) Customer Appointments Met (Cont.) – Customer Appointments

Met is calculated as the percent resulting from the division of customer installation and repair appointments performed by the total number of customer appointments made before installation and repair. Appointments are to be given for either Morning [8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT] or Afternoon [1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CT]. A customer appointment is deemed "performed" for purposes of this measurement if the Company's representative arrives on the customer's premises prior to the expiration of the applicable Morning or Afternoon window. Customer appointments which are postponed or rescheduled with prior day notification to the customer from the Company shall be excluded from this measurement.

Companies with less than 3,000 access lines are allowed to

exclude two (2) Customer Appointments Met miss below the benchmark each month.

(T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 5th Revised Sheet 7 Cancels 4th Revised Sheet 7




b. Three service quality measurements and reporting requirements are established to allow the Commission to monitor performance for high quality service. (Continued)

(3) Regular Service Installation Applications - This service quality

measurement is established with a benchmark set at ninety percent (90%) within five (5) business days, and ninety-five percent (95%) within ten (10) business days. The Regular Service Installation Applications Measurement, associated with the 90% objective, is calculated as the percent resulting from the division of applications for residential and business services completed within five (5) business days, by total applications. The Regular Service Installation Applications Measurement, associated with the 95% objective, is calculated as the percent resulting from the division of applications for residential and business services completed within ten (10) business days, by total applications. The measurements exclude holidays and are based upon receipt of completed applications by the company - unless the customer requests a date after the prescribed respective periods. Applications requiring a premise visit or construction are excluded from this measurement.

Regular Service Installations include all orders in which voice

is included as a service item. Installation associated with an installation appointments are excluded from this measurement. A company may include in its calculation installations which require a trip to the Pedestal or Network Interface device (NID)

Companies with less than 3,000 access lines are allowed to

exclude two (2) Regular Service Installation miss below the benchmark each month.

(T) (T) (T)

(T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 7.1 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 7.1




c. Company shall maintain data supporting the reported service quality measurements results for three years as long as the Plan is in effect.

d. Company shall file monthly results to the Commission on a quarterly

basis of its performance under the service quality measurements set forth herein. Also, the Company shall file monthly results electronically on a quarterly basis with the Staff that includes the worksheet. Reports are due forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter.

e. Interruptions not reasonably within the Company’s control (including,

but not limited to : tornados, hurricanes, ice storms, manufacturers’ defects, terrorist acts, vandalism/sabotage, cable cuts, and customer equipment) shall be taken into account when assessing service quality measurements if it can be shown that these uncontrollable factors had a major impact on the service quality measurement results.

Certain material on this page formerly appeared on Original Sheet 7.

(T) (T)

(T)

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 4th Revised Sheet 8 Cancels 3rd Revised Sheet 8



8. Penalties

For each QOS measurement missed, a penalty will be assessed if the results for the preceding calendar year fall below the benchmarks established herein. If the Company’s yearly average statewide service result for a given service measurement falls below the objective, the penalty for each measure will be calculated as follows: Annual local service revenues for residential and business customers will be calculated using the sum of twelve months’ actual residential and business local service revenues. The penalty base will be determined by multiplying the annual local service revenues, calculated as described above, by the appropriate percentage for each QOS measurement missed during a calendar year. After determination of the penalty base, the one-time credit applied to each residential and business customer’s bill will be calculated by dividing the penalty base by the actual number of customers of record, as of the end of the calendar year. The one-time credit will be assigned to each customer’s bill during the June billing period following the calendar year in which service quality results were determined. In addition, should a Company incur a penalty, the Company’s customers must be provided a bill insert or bill message acknowledging the penalty. This notification will inform the customer of the amount of the credit assigned per access line. The appropriate percentage to calculate the penalty base for each QOS is as follows: A. Annual Penalties

(1) Out-of-Service (OOS) Trouble Reports Penalty: (83.00% - 84.99%) [0.50% x Annual LSR¹]/EOY² Customer Base (81.00% - 82.99%) [0.75% x Annual LSR¹]/EOY² Customer Base (<81.00%) [1.00% x Annual LSR¹]/EOY² Customer Base

¹ Annual LSR is the Total Annual Local Service Revenues ² EOY is the End of Year

(T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 2nd Revised Sheet 8.1 Cancels 1st Revised Sheet 8.1



8. Penalties The appropriate percentage to calculate the penalty base for each QOS is as

follows: (Cont.)

A. Annual Penalties (Cont.)

(2) Customer Appointments Met Penalty: (83.00% - 84.99%) [0.50% x Annual LSR]/EOY Customer Base (81.00% - 82.99%) [0.75% x Annual LSR]/EOY Customer Base (<81.00%) [1.00% x Annual LSR]/EOY Customer Base

(D) (D) (T) (T) (D) (D)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 3rd Revised Sheet 8.2 Cancels 2nd Revised Sheet 8.2



8. Penalties The appropriate percentage to calculate the penalty base for each QOS is as

follows: (Cont.)

(A) Annual Penalties (Cont.) 3. Regular Service Installation Completed Less Than or Equal to 5

Business Days Penalty: (<90.00%) [0.75% x Annual LSR]/EOY Customer Base Regular Service Installation Completed Less Than or Equal to 10

Business Days Penalty: (<95.00%) [0.75% x Annual LSR]/EOY Customer Base

(B) Per Occurrence Penalties

Failures to meet the applicable OSS Trouble Reports service quality measurement set forth in paragraph B.7.b of this Plan will result in a $3/Day credit, not to exceed $25 for all customers. This penalty will apply in lieu of Rule 38. Failures to meet the applicable Customer Appointments Met service quality measurement set forth in paragraph B.7.c of this Plan will result in a $25 customer credit that will apply per occurrence.

(C) In lieu of the guidelines established by Paragraphs (A) and (B) of this

subsection, Company may submit its “Alternative Credit Plan” for approval by the Commission.

(D) (D) (T) (T)

BAY SPRINGS TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. SECTION XII TC-120-0008-00 1st Revised Sheet 9 Cancels Original Sheet 9

Issue Date: 10/07/15 Issued By: James Garner, Vice President (T) Effective Date: 12/01/15 236 East Capitol Street (T) Order Number: 07-UN-123 Jackson, MS 39201 (T)


B. PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN (Continued)

9. Exogenous Changes

a. With Commission review and approval, the Company may adjust the prices for its Basic Local Retail Services due to the financial impacts of exogenous changes. For purposes of this Section, the term exogenous change will include, but shall not be limited to, a change in any federal, state or local government tax, mandate, rule, regulation, or statue which causes a net change in a local exchange carrier’s total intrastate regulated revenue, expenses, or plant in service.

b. Nothing within this Plan is intended to limit the Company’s ability to

draw from a funding mechanism such as is proposed within federally-sanctioned Intercarrier Compensation Reform Plans or subsequent future plans that have the same intent. This type of reform mechanism provides a means of cost recovery for revenues lost when either intrastate or interstate access rates are reduced; or when intercarrier compensation charges are incurred.

c. For any exogenous event, the Company may petition the Commission to

adjust its rates accordingly. The petition shall include a description of the exogenous change, the proposed adjustment to prices, the duration of the adjustment, and the estimated revenue impact of the governmental action. The Commission, own its own motion, may address an exogenous event.

(T) (T)

bay springs telephone company, inc. index to tariff …bay springs telephone company, inc. index to...

Documents