Beulahland Communications
Rates, Terms and Conditions of Service

4. Service Descriptions

4.1 MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - INTERSTATE

    4.1.1
    The following MTS service arrangement allows a Customer to originate interstate calls in areas with Equal Access capabilities served by the Company by presubscribing to its MTS long distance calling service plan. The MTS service plan includes calling from U.S. Mainland to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands and any other Territories or Possessions of the United States determined by the FCC to be interstate in nature.

    4.1.2 MTS Calling Plan "ANYTIME, ANYWHERE"
    Description - Anytime, Anywhere calling service plan is available to Customers served by any LEC equal access office served by the Company. Anytime, Anywhere plan offers the Customer a flat rated calling plan which is non-distance sensitive for all their direct dialed long distance calling. The calling plan has only one rate for interstate calls. Charges are not based on the time period (Peak/Off Peak) in which the call is placed. The calls are billed in six (6) second increments, with an initial timing factor of sixty (60) seconds.

      4.1.2.1 Usage Charges

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4.2 MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE - INTRASTATE
    4.2.1
    The following MTS service arrangement allows a Customer to originate intrastate calls in areas with Equal Access capabilities served by the Company by presubscribing to its MTS long distance calling service plan. The MTS service plan includes calling within the State of Colorado, and other contiguous areas as determined by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to be part of the Colorado intrastate calling area.

    4.2.2 MTS Calling Plan "ANYTIME, ANYWHERE"
    Description - Anytime, Anywhere calling service plan is available to Customers served by any LEC equal access office served by the Company. Anytime, Anywhere plan offers the Customer a flat related calling plan which is non-distance sensitive for all their direct dialed long distance calling. The calling plan has only one rate for intrastate calls. Charges are not based on the time period (Peak/Off Peak) in which the call is placed. The calls are billed in six (6) second increments, with an initial timing factor of sixty (60) seconds.

      4.2.2.1 Usage Charges

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4.3 DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE SERVICES - INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE
    4.3.1
    Description - Directory Assistance Services provide a method for customers to access a data base to secure telephone numbers of other parties. Directory Assistance Calls within the Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) can be made by dialing 411, and are billed by a third party at a lower rate not included in this document. All other calls are made by dialing the three digit Area Code, then 555-1212. All Interstate and Intrastate calls are billed by one rate for each on a per call basis.
      4.3.1.1 Usage Charges

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4.4 CALLING CARD SERVICE - INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE
    4.4.1
    Description - Calling Card Service is a one-way, dial in or out multipoint service. Calling Card Customers may originate calls from, and terminate calls to every city within the U.S. Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S Virgin Islands and any other Territories or Possessions of the United States determined by the FCC to be interstate in nature. Subscribers who originate calls can access the Company's Calling Card Platform by dialing a toll free 888 access number. This service is very simple; a single flat rate per minute regardless of time of day or jurisdiction in which a call is placed. Calling Card calls are billed in one (1) minute increments and are rounded to the next higher full minute. A per call surcharge will be charged to the Customer. If a payphone is used, a payphone surcharge will also be charged to the Customer.

    4.4.2
    A Customer may subscribe to Calling Card Service without subscribing to other Company Services.

    4.4.3
    Usage Charges

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    Beulahland Communications
     

4.5 800 SERVICES - INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE
    4.5.1
    Description - The Company's 800 Service is an inbound service originating on feature group facilities provided by the Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) and terminating on a regular business line, residential line, or a Special Access Line (SAL). This service enables the Customer to receive 800 service calls at their residence or place of business. 800 calls are billed in one (1) minute increments and are rounded to the next higher full minute. All 800 calls are billed at a single flat rate per minute regardless of time of day or jurisdiction. 800 calls can originate from every city within the U.S. Mainland, including Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U. S. Virgin Islands and any other Territories or Possessions of the United States determined by the FCC to be interstate in nature.

    4.5.2
    Usage Charges

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    Beulahland Communications
     

    4.5.3
    The Company reserves the right to require an applicant for the Company's 800 Service to supply the following information when requesting service: an initial traffic forecast, identification of anticipated busy hour, identification of its geographical marketing target areas, and a schedule of marketing and promotional activities. The Company may also require that a new traffic forecast be submitted by the Customer quarterly after service is initiated.

    4.5.4
    The Company's 800 Service is furnished upon condition that the Customer contracts for adequate facilities to permit the use of this service without injurious effect upon it or any service rendered by the Company. The Company may terminate or refuse to furnish 800 Service to any applicant, without incurring any liability and without notice to the Customer, if the use of the service would interfere with or impair any service rendered by the Company.

    4.5.5
    The Customer must obtain an adequate number of access lines for the Company's 800 Services to handle the Customer's expected demand in order to prevent interference or impairment of this service or any other service provided by the Company considering: (1) total call volume; (2) average call duration; (3) time-of-day characteristics; and (4) peak calling period. The Company, without incurring any liability and without notice to the Customer, may disconnect or refuse to furnish the Company's 800 Service to any Customer that fails to comply with these conditions.

    4.5.6
    Each 800 Service telephone number must be placed in actual and substantial use by the Customer. "Substantial use" shall mean a pattern of use that demonstrates an intent on the Customer's part to employ the number for the purpose for which it was intended; namely, to allow callers to reach the Customer, as indicated, for example, by at least 30 average monthly minutes of use or more. Any 800 telephone number associated with the Company's 800 Service that has not been placed in actual and substantial use during the first sixty (60) day period after service activation may be redesigned as a spare number in the Company's 800 database by the Company upon written notice to the Customer.

    4.5.7
    If the Customer requests assignment of a specific 800 Service telephone number, the Company may require the Customer to submit a number reservation agreement form to the Company. At no time may a Customer have more than ten (10) numbers reserved. Any reservation shall be for no more than sixty (60) days and shall be subject to a reservation fee which will be credited to Customer's unpaid balance after the Company's 800 Service has been in actual and substantial use for a consecutive sixty (60) day period.

    4.5.8
    Nothing in this Section, or in any other provision of this tariff, or in any marketing materials issued by or on behalf of the Company, shall give any person, including prospective Customers who have reserved an 800 telephone number hereunder or Customers who subscribe to and use the Company's 800 Service or their transferee or assigns, any ownership interest or proprietary right in any particular 800 number; however, upon placing a number actually and substantially in use, as defined above, the Company's 800 Service Customers do have a controlling interest in the 800 number(s).

    The Company's 800 Service Customer may retain the use of their 800 number assignments, even following changes in their 800 carrier and/or Responsible Organization (Resp. Org.).

    4.5.9
    If a Customer places an order for the Company to carry Customer's already existing 800 number service, the Customer shall provide to the Company the contact names, telephone number and address of the Customer's Responsible Organization (Resp. Org.). Upon subscription to the Company's 800 Service, the Customer may execute a Letter of Authorization to transfer Resp. Org. responsibility of its 800 number(s) to the Company's Resp. Org. in writing within 48 hours of the change. The Customer is responsible for all outstanding indebtedness for services provided by a previous Resp. Org. or 800 service carrier. The Company assumes no responsibility or liability with respect to any obligations of Customer to such previous service providers existing at the time of transfer to the Company.

    4.5.10
    Subject to execution of a Resp. Org. Service Agreement between the Company and the Customer, unless the Customer requests another Resp. Org., the Company's Resp. Org. functions include: 1) search for and reservation of 800 numbers in the SMS/800; 2) creating and maintaining the 800 number Customer record in the SMS/800; and 3) provision of a single point of contact for trouble reporting.

    4.5.11
    Where the Company serves as the Resp. Org. for an 800 Service Customer, the Company will, at the Customer's request, subscribe to 800 Directory Listing for the 800 number(s) assigned to the Customer. A charge for 800 Directory Listings will apply as set forth in this Tariff. In the event that a Customer transfers its 800 service to another Resp. Org., the Company shall cease to subscribe to 800 Directory Listing Service on behalf of the Customer and the Customer is responsible for assuring that 800 Directory Listing Service is maintained through the new Resp. Org. Customer is responsible for payment of any outstanding 800 Directory Listing charges, including any unexpired portion of any minimum period applicable to such service, and the Company shall have no liability for any interruption or other delay, error, mistake, omission or other defect occurring in connection with the transfer of 800 Directory Listing responsibility.

    4.5.12
    Where the Company serves as the Resp. Org. for an 800 Service Customer, it will, at the Customer's request, subscribe to Vertical Features obtained from Local Exchange Company access tariffs. When an 800 Service Customer uses Vertical Features obtained by the Company from Local Exchange Company tariffs, a charge will apply. This charge may not be counted toward the attainment of any volume or revenue commitment and will not be discounted.

    4.5.13
    In the event that a Customer cancels its 800 Service, the Customer may elect to retain the Company as its Resp. Org.

    4.5.14
    In the event that a Customer cancels its Company's Resp. Org. or 800 Service, the Customer shall be responsible for all outstanding indebtedness to the Company and any outstanding charges applicable to any service obtained by or on behalf of the Customer by the Company.

    4.5.15
    It is the Customer's responsibility to provide answer supervision back to the Company point of connection even when the Company's 800 Service is connected to switching equipment or a Customer-provided communications system. In such case, the equipment or system must provide appropriate supervision so that the measure of chargeable time begins upon delivery of the call to the Customer's switching equipment or communications system and ends upon termination of the call.

    4.5.16 800 Feature Charges
    Feature Charges are determined by the specific feature requested by an 800 Customer. These changes are in addition to 800 usage charges and are not subject to discounting unless specifically indicated.

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    Beulahland Communications
     

    4.5.17 The Company's Resp. Org. Charges
    Where the Company serves as a Resp. Org. for a non-Company 800 Service Customer, the Company will pass on the tariffed Local Exchange Carrier charges for SMS/800 Database and related services. In addition, other Company charges will apply.

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4.6 RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE - INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE

4.7 PROMOTIONAL OFFERINGS - INTERSTATE AND INTRASTATE

    4.7.1
    Certain promotional offerings may be provided from time to time via this tariff. These promotional offerings may only apply to certain services, and may be limited to certain dates, times, and locations.
4.8 SERVICE DESCRIPTION - INTERNATIONAL
International Message Telecommunications Service is offered to Customers of the Company; which also subscribe to the Company's Interstate Telecommunications Services to provide direct dialed termination of international station-to-station calls placed from origination points, using the Company's networks to the countries or areas designated which are not part of the United States or its territories. The Company provides switched long distance network services for voice grade and low speed dial-up data transmission services offered on a usage sensitive basis. All services are provided subject to the terms and conditions set out in this offering. This service is a usage sensitive switched service allowing voice grade or low speed dial-up data transmission.
5. Reserved For Future Use - Interstate