TARIFF DISTRIBUTION. DATE: July 28, 2004

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1 TARIFF DISTRIBUTION FILE CODE: FILE PACKAGE NO.: GA DATE: July 28, 2004 STATE: EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/2004 TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION: Approved PURPOSE: Obsolescence of Telephone Answering Service (provided for subscribers who are absent or do not desire to answer their calls personally) TARIFF SECTION PAGE NUMBER PAGE REVISION A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A108 Contents 1 02 A008 Contents 1 02 A996 Contents 1 07 A998 Subject Index 2 24 A998 Subject Index 3 15 A998 Subject Index A998 Subject Index 21 12

2 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Second Revised Page 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels First Revised Page 1 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES CONTENTS A8.1 General Provisions (Obsoleted, See Section A108.1) 1 A8.2 Rates and Charges (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2) 1 A8.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Obsoleted, See Section 108.3) 6 (T) (T) (T)

3 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fourth Revised Page 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Third Revised Page 1 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A8.1 General Provisions (Obsoleted, See Section A108.1) A8.2 Rates and Charges (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2) (T) (T)

4 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fifth Revised Page 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Fourth Revised Page 2 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2)

5 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Seventh Revised Page 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Sixth Revised Page 3 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2)

6 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Third Revised Page 3.1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Second Revised Page 3.1 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2)

7 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Third Revised Page 4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Second Revised Page 4 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2)

8 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Third Revised Page 5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Second Revised Page 5 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2)

9 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fourth Revised Page 6 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Third Revised Page 6 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A8.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.2) A8.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Obsoleted, See Section A108.3) (T) (T)

10 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF First Revised Page 7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Original Page 7 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.3)

11 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF First Revised Page 8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Original Page 8 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.3)

12 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF First Revised Page 9 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Original Page 9 A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (T) A8.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Cont'd) (Obsoleted, See Section A108.3)

13 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Second Revised Page 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels First Revised Page 1 A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES CONTENTS A108.1 General Provisions 1 A Facilities and Equipment 1 A Reserved for Future Use 1 A108.2 Rates and Charges 1 A Central Office Lines and Station Lines for Administrative Use 1 A Concentrator - Identifier Channels 1 A Inward Dialing Capability 2 A Billing to the Client 3 A Reserved for Future Use 7 A108.3 Central Office Concentrator Service 7 A General 7 A Regulations 8 A Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A 8 (C) (N) (N) (N) (N) (N) (N) (N) (N) (C) (N) (N) (N)

14 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Third Revised Page 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Second Revised Page 1 A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (Obsoleted , Type D) Obsoleted service offering. Service rates and charges in this section are available for inward activity of existing subscribers only as specified following. Not available for new service/system or entire moves of existing service to new locations. A108.1 General Provisions A Facilities and Equipment A. The Company will provide facilities, as outlined herein, for Telephone Answering Service (TAS)/Telemessaging Service companies (telephone answering bureaus, secretarial firms) for their use in furnishing telephone answering service for subscribers to individual and 2-party line service, mobile telephone service with dialing capability, and two-way dial service of a miscellaneous common carrier when they are absent or do not desire to answer their calls personally. In order to qualify for the rates and charges indicated herein, a Telephone Answering Service/Telemessaging Service company must be a service bureau that engages in the primary business of providing live and/or voice mail telephone answering/telemessaging services for profit to clients desiring to have their business and/or residential telephone answered in their absence. In addition, these companies shall operate with sales of their services available to the general public. The rates and charges in this Section are not available for provision of other services such as ticket sales, catalog sales, etc. These rates and charges will be provided to companies identified by their primary yellow pages listing(s) as Telephone Answering Service or Telemessaging Service companies. B. PBX (or similar systems), business individual line, and local private line terminations may also be provided where the subscriber contracts with a telephone answering bureau to receive all incoming calls or where the telephone answering bureau wishes to terminate administrative service for answering purposes only. Standard Tariff charges for these services are applicable. C. A concentrator-identifier is available for connecting a telephone answering bureau with secretarial lines or business individual lines of its clients located in central office areas other than that in which the telephone answering bureau is located. Where business individual lines are connected to concentrators, the address of the telephone answering bureau shall be shown in the directory listing for service. D. The telephone answering bureau may bridge calls from secretarial lines to the general exchange network over exchange central office lines furnished the bureau for its administrative use; however, these facilities furnished by the Company are not designed for such call bridging. The telephone answering bureau bridges calls at its own risk and the Company will not be liable for defects in transmission or other service difficulties arising out of or resulting from this type connection. A Reserved for Future Use A108.2 Rates and Charges Telephone answering service facilities are billed at the rates and charges indicated herein to the telephone answering bureau with the exception of the facilities outlined in A which are billed to the client of the telephone answering bureau. A Central Office Lines and Station Lines for Administrative Use A. Associated with key equipment, consoles and switchboards not arranged for making connections to administrative station lines. 1. Rates and charges for Business Individual Lines. PBX station line rates and charges apply for those station lines in excess of the number of central office lines. B. Associated with switchboards arranged for making connections to administrative station lines. 1. Rates and charges for PBX trunks and station lines. A Concentrator - Identifier Channels A. Where the concentrator is located in the same exchange as the TAS bureau, the following charges apply. 1. Interoffice Channel Installation Charge Monthly Rate USOC (a) Interoffice Channel, between Concentrator serving wire center and identifier serving wire center, per mile $- $7.25 1LJJH (N) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T)

15 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fourth Revised Page 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Third Revised Page 2 A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) A Concentrator - Identifier Channels (Cont'd) A. Where the concentrator is located in the same exchange as the TAS bureau, the following charges apply. (Cont'd) 2. Channel Terminals Installation Charge Monthly Rate USOC (a) Each (two per interoffice channel) $27.30 $5.20 PMN 3. Secretarial Line Mileage (a) Secretarial line mileage between the TAS Bureau and its serving wire center, per line per 1/4 mile LJBR B. Where the concentrator is located in a different exchange from the TAS bureau within the same LATA, the following charges apply. 1. The Interexchange Channel mileage charge applies for that portion of the channel between the rate center of the exchange where the concentrator is located and the exchange rate center of the TAS bureau, per mile or fraction thereof. (a) Channels between 0.1 mile and 10.0 miles LPH4 (b) Channels over 10 miles L6H4 2. Channel Terminal, each (two per Interexchange Channel) (a) Where the interexchange mileage is over 10 miles P1N (b) Where the interexchange mileage is over 10 miles P3N C. When the TAS bureau's serving wire center is not the primary wire center, interoffice Channel mileage and Channel Terminal Charges are applicable for that portion of the channel between the TAS bureau's serving central office and the primary wire center. When the wire center where the concentrator is located is not the primary wire center, interoffice Channel mileage and channel Terminal Charges are applicable for that portion of the channel between the wire center where the concentrator is located and the primary wire center. 1. Interoffice Channel (a) Per mile LJJH 2. Channel Terminals (a) Each (two per interoffice channel) PMN D. Control channels - See Private Line Service Tariff for charges A Inward Dialing Capability A. Central Office Components 1. Telephone Answering Service (TAS) Inward Dialing Service 1,2,3 (a) Establish trunk group and provide first group of NDZ numbers (b) Each additional group of 20 numbers ND4 Note 1: This service provides outpulsing of digits from the central office toward the Telephone Answering Service system. This service is provided subject to available facilities and other conditions as specified in A of this Tariff. TAS service must be classified as the unique basic class of service USOC SFB. Note 2: Uses dial pulse address pulsing. Note 3: The rates and charges for numbers also apply to blocks of reserved telephone numbers. (T) (T) (T) (M) Material previously appearing on this page now appears on page(s) 7 of this section.

16 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fourth Revised Page 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Third Revised Page 3 A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) A Inward Dialing Capability (Cont'd) (T) A. Central Office Components (Cont'd) 1. Telephone Answering Service (TAS) Inward Dialing Service 1,2,3 (Cont'd) Installation Monthly Charge Rate USOC (c) Trunk terminations providing Direct Inward Dialing $90.00 $20.00 NDT capability for use with Telephone Answering Service system 4 (d) Multifrequency (MF) pulsing option, each trunk S5MBD (e) DualTone Multifrequency (DTMF) pulsing option, each trunk S5DBD A Billing to the Client The following rates and charges are billed directly by the Company to the client of the telephone answering bureau: (T) A. Secretarial Line Terminations 1. For lines terminating directly from the central office or through concentrator-identifier (a) Secretarial Line Termination, each - - SSS B. Secretarial Line Channels: 1. Between terminations located in the same serving wire center area. a. Where the client is in the same building as the telephone answering firm 6 (1) Charges apply for each termination (a) Each termination LJBB b. Where the client is connected directly to the TAS Bureau, the following charges apply. (1) Secretarial Line Mileage charges apply for connection between the TAS Bureau serving wire center and the TAS Bureau location (a) Per 1/4 mile LJBR 2. Between terminations located in different serving central office areas. a. Where the client is directly connected to the TAS Bureau the following charges apply (1) The Interoffice Channel mileage charge applies for that portion of the channel between the client's serving central office of the TAS Bureau (a) Per mile or fraction thereof LJBH Note 1: This service provides outpulsing of digits from the central office toward the Telephone Answering Service system. This service is provided subject to available facilities and other conditions as specified in A of this Tariff. TAS service must be classified as the unique basic class of service USOC SFB. Note 2: Uses dial pulse address pulsing. Note 3: The rates and charges for numbers also apply to blocks of reserved telephone numbers. Note 4: In addition to the rates and charges for the DID trunk termination, rates and charges for DID PBX trunks as specified in Section A3. of this Tariff apply as appropriate. Note 5: Provides faster signaling on TAS Inward Dialing trunks. The choice of pulsing alternative depends on the customer's premises equipment. Note 6: Charges are applicable only for those facilities in place as of June 30, (T)

17 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fourth Revised Page 4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Third Revised Page 4 A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) A Billing to the Client (Cont'd) B. Secretarial Line Channels: (Cont'd) 2. Between terminations located in different serving central office areas. (Cont'd) a. Where the client is directly connected to the TAS Bureau the following charges apply (Cont'd) (2) Channel Terminal Installation Charge Monthly Rate USOC (a) Each (two per interoffice channel) $27.30 $5.20 PMN (3) Secretarial Line Mileage charges apply for the connection between the TAS Bureau location serving C.O. and TAS Bureau location (a) Per 1/4 mile LJBR (4) When the client requests that a telephone number be terminated only at the TAS Bureau, exchange rates for the class of service requested apply in lieu of the mileage charges. b. Where the client is connected to a concentrator in the client's serving central office area. (1) Charges apply for each concentrator line termination (a) Concentrator Line Termination, each S6T (T) (T)

18 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fourth Revised Page 5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Third Revised Page 5 A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) A Billing to the Client (Cont'd) B. Secretarial Line Channels: (Cont'd) 2. Between terminations located in different serving central office areas. (Cont'd) c. Where the client is connected to the TAS Bureau through concentrator-identifier equipment located in a central office area other than the client's serving central office area and is bridged to the concentrator in the central office (1) The Interoffice Channel Mileage charge applies for that portion of the channel between the client's serving central office in which the concentrator is located Installation Charge Monthly Rate USOC (a) Per mile or fraction thereof $- $7.25 1LJDH (2) Channel Terminal (a) Each (two per interoffice channel) PMN (3) Secretarial Line Connection Charge (a) Each connection SGT 3. Between terminations located in different exchanges within the same LATA a. Where the client is directly connected to the TAS Bureau, the following charges apply (1) The Interexchange channel mileage charge applies for that portion of the channel between the client's exchange rate center and the exchange rate center of the TAS Bureau, per mile or fraction thereof (a) Channels between 0.1 mile to 10.0 miles LPH4 (b) All other channels L6H4 (2) Channel Terminal, each (two per Interexchange Channel) (a) Where the Interexchange mileage is 10 miles or less P1N (b) Where the Interexchange mileage is over 10 miles P3N (3) When the client's serving central office is not the primary wire center, Interoffice Channel mileage and Channel Terminal charges are applicable for that portion of the channel between the client's serving central office and the primary wire center. (4) When the TAS Bureau's serving wire center is not the primary wire center, Interoffice Channel mileage and Channel Terminal Charges are applicable for that portion of the channel between the TAS bureau's serving central office and the primary wire center. (a) Interoffice Channel, per mile LJJH (b) Channel Terminal (two per interoffice channel) PMN (T) (T)

19 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Original Page 6 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) A Billing to the Client (Cont'd) B. Secretarial Line Channels: (Cont'd) 3. Between terminations located in different exchanges within the same LATA (Cont'd) a. (Cont'd) (5) Secretarial Line Mileage charges apply for the connection between the TAS Bureau serving wire center and the TAS Bureau location Installation Charge Monthly Rate USOC (a) Per 1/4 mile $- $1.30 1LJBR (6) When the client requests that a telephone number be terminated only at the TAS Bureau, exchange rates for the class of service requested apply in lieu of the mileage charges. b. Where the client is connected to the TAS Bureau through a concentrator-identifier equipment located in a wire center in the same exchange as the TAS Bureau and is bridged to the concentrator in the central office (1) The interexchange channel mileage charge applies for that portion of the channel between the client's portion of the channel between the client's exchange rate center and the exchange rate center of the wire center in which the concentrator is located, per mile (a) Channels under 10 miles LPH4 (b) Channels over 10 miles L6+4 (2) Channel Terminal, each (two per interexchange channel) (a) Where the interexchange mileage is 10 miles or less P1N (b) Where the interexchange mileage is over 10 miles P3N (3) When the client's serving wire center is not the primary wire center, Interoffice Channel mileage and Channel Terminal Charges are applicable for that portion of the channel between the client's serving wire center and the primary wire center. (4) When the central office where the concentrator is located is not the primary wire center, Interoffice Channel mileage and Channel Terminal Charges are applicable for that portion of the channel between the wire center where the concentrator is located and the primary wire center. (a) Interoffice Channel, per mile LJJH (b) Channel Terminal, (two per interoffice channel), each PMN (5) Secretarial Line Connection Charge (a) Each Connection S6T (T) (T)

20 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Original Page 7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.2 Rates and Charges (Cont'd) A Billing to the Client (Cont'd) C. Service Connection Charges: 1. For each secretarial line connected either directly to the telephone answering facility or through Concentrator-Identifier equipment, the following charge applies with exception in 2 and 3 following: Service Charge USOC (a) Each line or termination 1 $56.50 NA 2. Business Individual Lines 2 3. Changes of client's lines from a direct connection to a telephone answering facility to a connection through Concentrator-Identifier equipment or vice versa are made without charge. D. Lines of clients terminated only in telephone answering facilities for answering purposes only are at the business access line rates quoted in Section A3., "Basic Exchange Service" of this Tariff for Flat Rate (USOC SJ4) or Message Rate (USOC LCM). A Reserved for Future Use A108.3 Central Office Concentrator Service A General A. Central Office Concentrator Service is available to any subscriber who has a need for concentration of incoming calls to clients' Central Office exchange lines. The service is provided by the Company through the use of concentrator(s) located in the Company's Central Office. The concentrator(s) concentrates incoming calls to some number of client lines to some smaller number of trunks/channels connected to the subscriber's premises equipment. 3 B. Central Office Concentrator Service, upon detecting a ringing signal to the client's line, will immediately process the call, with unique identification, to the subscriber's premises equipment. A variable ring count feature whereby the client's ring count can be changed from the subscriber premises is also provided. The signaling arrangement employed in processing the call from the concentrator to the subscriber's premises equipment is standard Direct Inward Dialing (DID) type signaling. C. Central Office Concentrator Service can be used with either compatible Company-provided or customer-provided equipment located on the subscriber's premises. Note 1: Where the secretarial line is bridged in the central office this charge does not apply in connection with a change of address of the client's access line within the same central office area. Note 2: The charges specified in the "Service Charges" section of this Tariff (Section A4) for Business main station services apply. (Residence not permitted.) The charge specified in A C.1.(a) preceding does not apply. Note 3: "Subscriber" as used in this Section of the Tariff refers to the Company's customer. "Client" as used in this Section of the Tariff refers to the customer of the Company's subscriber. (T) (T) (T) (M)(T) (T) (T) Material appearing on this page previously appeared on page(s) 2 of this section.

21 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Original Page 8 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Cont'd) A Regulations A. Channels connecting the concentrator with the subscriber's premises shall be provided at rates applicable to concentrator-identifier services, as specified in A of this Tariff. B. Client line terminations on the concentrator (billed to the client) shall be provided at rates shown for Secretarial line terminations. C. Central Office Concentrator Service is designed to work with all premises equipment which is capable of receiving standard DID type signaling. However the Company does not guarantee the compatibility of Central Office Concentrator Service with any particular manufacturer's premises equipment. A Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A A. Description of Service Elements 1. Master Concentrator - The Master Concentrator provides for up to 256 client line terminations and 16 outgoing trunks/channels to the subscriber's premises. 2. Slave Concentrator - Slave Concentrators must be located in the same Central Office as the host Master Concentrator. Up to 2 Slave Concentrators can be connected to a Master Concentrator. Each Slave Concentrator provides for up to 256 additional client line terminations. When a Master Concentrator and 2 Slave Concentrators are employed, there is a capacity for 768 client line terminations and 16 outgoing trunk/channel terminations. 3. Concentrator Line Card - The Concentrator Line Card provides for conncetion of up to 32 client lines to the concentrator/matrix switch. Eight of these cards may be connected for a single 256 line concentrator assembly. This card is used in both the Master and Slave Concentrators. 4. Client Line Control - Client Line Control provides capability for the concentrator to transfer control of a completed call from the answering service attendant back to the client (originally called party) if the client goes off-hook, thus eliminating any possible interference between the answering service attendant and the client. Variable Ring Count is also provided as a feature which allows the client's line to be answered immediately or after three or five rings; selection is also provided for no-answer. The no-answer alternative would be employed for non-24 hour customers and would effectively deactivate service as desired. Also required for operation with each Master Concentrator, when using the variable ring count feature, are 108 type data sets and a 300 or 1200 baud channel. B. Payment Option Plan 1. Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A is offered under the Variable Term Payment Plan (VTPP) as described in Section A22 of this Tariff except as specified in "2" following. 2. Options and Conditions Under VTPP a. Customers may select one of three payment periods - 1 month, 48 months, or 72 months. A different rate applies for each payment period. b. VTPP provisions relating to moves within a jurisdiction and to moves between jurisdictions do apply. Moves however must be out of service moves and must recover all applicable costs. c. A customer converting from Two-Tier AUTOTAS concentrator service to Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A may do so subject to the following conditions. (1) Any specific non-recurring charges which were deferred under the Two-Tier Payment Plan must be paid before the customer is eligible for transition. (T) (T) (T) (T) Registered Trademark of Candela Electronics Corporation

22 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Original Page 9 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Cont'd) A Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A (Cont'd) B. Payment Option Plan (Cont'd) 2. Options and Conditions Under VTPP (Cont'd) c. (Cont'd) (2) The customer's entire concentrator service at a given Central Office location must be converted to VTPP at monthly rates specified in A C of this Tariff. Entire concentrator service includes a Master Concentrator, plus any associated Slave Concentrators, Concentrator Line Cards, and Client Control Circuits. (3) Remaining Two-Tier Basic (Tier A) charges do not apply to equipment which is converted to Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A provided the customer elects a VTPP period of longer than one month. (4) A one-time charge for conversion from AUTOTAS concentrator service provided under the Two-Tier payment plan to Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A is applicable as shown in Section A C. d. Supersedure, as defined in the VTPP Tariff is permitted. A transfer charge, as shown in Section A C is applicable to the new customer. e. Termination charges applicable depend on the payment period selected, as follows: 1month-None 48 months - 60 Percent of the remaining amount due. 72 months - 60 Percent of the remaining amount due. C. Rates and Charges 1. Equipment Variable Term Options Monthly Rate Installation Charge Months Months Months USOC (a) Master Concentrator, each 1,2 $8, $ $ $ ECR (b) Slave Concentrator, each 1 2, ECV (c) Concentrator Line Card, per EC2 Client Lines or fraction thereof, each 1 (d) Client Line Control, per 25 Client Line Terminations or fraction thereof, each EC7 Note 1: Installation charge does not apply to concentrator service converted from AUTOTAS Two-Tier Payment Plan to VTPP. See conversion charge as specified in A C.4. Note 2: In addition apply rates and charges for the appropriate data sets and data channel. (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) (T) Registered Trademark of Candela Electronics Corporation

23 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Original Page 10 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. A108. OBSOLETE SERVICE OFFERINGS - TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES A108.3 Central Office Concentrator Service (Cont'd) A Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A (Cont'd) C. Rates and Charges (Cont'd) 2. Equipment Addition Charges a. These charges consist of a system charge and any applicable unit charges. These charges apply when rate elements are added to existing service and are in addition to the Installation Charges shown for any rate elements being added. (1) System Charge Nonrecurring Charge USOC (a) Per occasion $ NA (2) Unit Charge (a) Slave Concentrator, per unit 1, NA (b) Concentrator Line Card, per unit NA (c) Client Line Control, per unit NA 3. Transfer of Service Supersedure of service, as defined in the VTPP, is permitted subject to the following transfer of service charge. (a) Each transfer NA 4. Conversion of Concentrator Service Conversion from AUTOTAS concentrator service provided under the Two-Tier payment plan to Central Office Concentrator Service - Type A is permitted subject to the following charge. (a) Per Master Concentrator 5, NA (T) (T) Registered Trademark of Candela Electronics Corporation

24 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Seventh Revised Page 1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Sixth Revised Page 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS A1. DEFINITION OF TERMS A2. GENERAL REGULATIONS A3. BASIC LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE A4. SERVICE CHARGES A5. CHARGES APPLICABLE UNDER SPECIAL CONDITIONS A6. DIRECTORY LISTINGS A7. COIN TELEPHONE SERVICE A8. TELEPHONE ANSWERING SERVICE FACILITIES (Obsoleted, See Section A108) A9. FOREIGN EXCHANGE SERVICE AND FOREIGN CENTRAL OFFICE SERVICE A10. (DELETED) A11. PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE SERVICE A12. CENTRAL OFFICE NON-TRANSPORT SERVICE OFFERINGS A13. MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS A14. AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT A15. CONNECTIONS OF TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS A16. (DELETED) A17. MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE A18. LONG DISTANCE MESSAGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE A19. WIDE AREA TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE A20. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE A21. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE A22. CUSTOMER PAYMENT PLANS A23. SHARING AND RESALE OF EXCHANGE SERVICE A24. EMERGENCY REPORTING SERVICES A25. HORIZON COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM A26. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE A27. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE A28. (DELETED) A29. DATA TRANSPORT SERVICE A30. EQUIPMENT FOR DISABLED CUSTOMERS A31. MULTI-LOCATION BUSINESS SERVICE (MBS) (See A131.) A32. INTEGRATION PLUS MANAGEMENT SERVICES (IPMS) A33. RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE A34. ADVANCED INTELLIGENT NETWORK (AIN) SERVICES A35. INTERCONNECTION OF MOBILE SERVICES (T) (T) Registered Trademark of American Telephone & Telegraph Company

25 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Twenty Fourth Revised Page 2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Twenty Third Revised Page 2 SUBJECT INDEX SUBJECT B. SECTION Back-Up Line...A3.38 Band Charges - Foreign Exchange Service...A9.1 Basic Local Exchange Service...A3 BellSouth AIN SMS Access Service...A34 BellSouth AIN Toolkit Service...A34 BellSouth AIN Virtual Number Call Detail...A34 BellSouth Business Choice package...a BellSouth Business Plus service...a3.43 BellSouth Centrex service...a12 BellSouth Channelized Trunks...A43 BellSouth Complete Choice For Business Package...A3.45 BellSouth Essentials Package...A13.78 BellSouth Metro Ethernet Service A40.13 BellSouth Primary Rate ISDN...A42 BellSouth Remote Access Service...A47 BellSouth Telecommunications Prepaid Calling Card Service...A13.69 BellSouth $.25 Call Plan...A18.19 BellSouth Video Conferencing Service...A40.11 Bill Processing Service...A37.1 Billing to the Client (Obsoleted)...A Break in Rotary Number Group...A14.3 Broadband Line Service...A40.5 Broadcast of Recordings of Telephone Conversations...A2.2.5 Bulk Calling Line Identification (BCLID)...A13.19 Buried Construction On Private Property...A5.1.4 On Public Property...A5.1.3 Business Designations...A6.2.2 Business Option TFD Service (IntraLATA Only Toll Free Dialing Service)...A Business Listings...A6.2 (T)

26 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Fifteenth Revised Page 3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Fourteenth Revised Page 3 SUBJECT INDEX SUBJECT C. SECTION Call Detail Information...A13.62 Caller ID...A13.19 Caller ID - Multi-Line...A13.19 Calling Zone/Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) Calling Plans... A116. Calling Zone/Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) Calling Plans - Saver Service Budgeting Plan (Residence)...A18.10 Discount Plan (Residence)...A18.11 Discount Plan (Business)...A18.9 Call Tracking-Bulk Calling Line Identification...A13.19 Cancellation of Service for Cause...A Caption Listings...A6.7.5 Central Office Battery Reversal...A14.2 Central Office Concentrator Service (Obsoleted)...A108.3 Central Office Non-Transport Service Offerings...A12. Obsolete...A112. Change in Telephone Number -See Line Change Charge...A Channel Derivation Devices...A Charges Applicable Under Special Conditions...A5. Charges for Unusual Installations...A5.3 Classroom Communication Service...A3.32 Coin Box Semipublic Service...A Coin Refund Service...A7.10 Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) Interconnection...A35. Common Rates and Charges... A , A Obsolete...A Communications Systems...A15.3 Company Facilities at Hazardous or Inaccessible Locations...A Complete Choice...A3.41 Concentrator-Identifier Channels (Obsoleted)...A Conference Service...A18.4 (T) (T) (T)

27 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Eighth Revised Page 20 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Seventh Revised Page 20 SUBJECT INDEX SUBJECT S. SECTION Saver Service...A18.11 Secretarial Line Channels (Obsoleted)...A Selective Class of Call Screening...A13.12 Semiprivate Telephone Numbers...A6.5 Service Areas...A17.3 Service Categories...A17.2 Service Charges...A4. Service Irregularities...A2.5.1 Service Management System (SMS) Storage...A34.1 Service Mark Protection...A2.11 Service Station Listings...A6.7.1 Service Stations (Farmers' Lines and Farmers' Exchange Stations)...A103.2 Service to U.S. Government-Owned Systems Serving Certified Military Bases...A112.1 Sharing and Resale of Basic Local Exchange Service...A3.7.3 Sharing and Resale of Exchange Service...A23. Signaling Arrangements...A Simplified Message Desk Interface (SMDI)...A13.46 Special Access Services Capable of Using the Local Exchange Network...A3.12 Special Billing Services...A13.4 Special Promotions...A2.10 Regulations...A Special Residence Designations...A6.3.2 Special Reversed Charge Toll Service (Enterprise)...A Special Service Arrangements...A5.4 Special Types of Construction...A5.1.7 Special Types of Installation...A5.3.2 (T)

28 BELLSOUTH GENERAL SUBSCRIBER SERVICE TARIFF Twelfth Revised Page 21 TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC. Cancels Eleventh Revised Page 21 SUBJECT INDEX SUBJECT T. SECTION Talking Call Waiting...A13.9 Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) System...A13.50 Telephone Answering Service Facilities (Obsoleted)...A108 Telephone Number Change Charge - See Line Change Charge...A4 Temporary Installation of Service...A5.3.3 Temporary Listings...A6.7.8 Temporary Service Requiring Construction...A5.1.9 Terminal Equipment...A15.2 Obsolete...A115.1 Termination Charge...A Termination of Service...A Three-Digit Dialing Service (N11)...A39 Three-Way Calling...A13.9 Three-Way Calling with Transfer...A13.9 Time and Materials Charging - See Premises Work Charges...A4 Toll Stations...A18.6 Toll Verification and Interrupt Service...A18.8 Trade Names...A6.2.3 Transfer of Service Between Subscribers...A2.3.7 Transmitting Messages...A2.2.8 Two-Point Service...A18.3 Two-Tier Payment Plan...A22.1 Trunk Lines...A11.2 Trunk Side Access Facility...A3.28 (T)