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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.telephonypartners.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Announcements : MIS</title><link>http://www.telephonypartners.com/blogs/rick_valderrama/archive/tags/MIS/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: MIS</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Debug Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>ACC Business Now Offers MIS/PNT in Puerto Rico</title><link>http://www.telephonypartners.com/blogs/rick_valderrama/archive/2007/05/30/acc-business-now-offers-mis-pnt-in-puerto-rico.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">752cf430-c22a-4647-a54b-f1cbe9f62bff:150</guid><dc:creator>janderson</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.telephonypartners.com/blogs/rick_valderrama/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=150</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.telephonypartners.com/blogs/rick_valderrama/archive/2007/05/30/acc-business-now-offers-mis-pnt-in-puerto-rico.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:5pt 0in;mso-pagination:none;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;Effective May 24, 2007 the&amp;nbsp;ACC Business&amp;nbsp;IP&amp;nbsp;portfolio expanded geographically&amp;nbsp;to include&amp;nbsp;Puerto Rico.&amp;nbsp;Domestic&amp;nbsp;PNT and&amp;nbsp;COS&amp;nbsp;rates apply in Puerto Rico along with summit one regional access pricing,&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;unique MIS port rates.&amp;nbsp;Puerto Rico locations can be quoted in SIMPL by&amp;nbsp;selecting Puerto Rico from the drop down on the contract page and&amp;nbsp;identifying the NPAs in the quote.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:5pt 0in;mso-pagination:none;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;The following ACC Business IP services&amp;nbsp;can be offered in&amp;nbsp;Puerto Rico&amp;nbsp;&lt;U&gt;subject to capacity availability.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;UL&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:FR;"&gt;MIS Port&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';mso-ansi-language:FR;"&gt;- Fractional T1 128k-768k,&amp;nbsp;T1, NxT1&amp;nbsp;(2-8xT1) &amp;amp;&amp;nbsp;Full/ Fractional DS3.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;Separate P.R. specific&amp;nbsp;port rates apply. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;MIS Access&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;- Fractional T1 128k-768k, T1, NxT1&amp;nbsp;(2-8xT1)&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;DS3 local access. Summit 1 Regional Access rates apply&amp;nbsp;for fractional through full T1 speeds.&amp;nbsp;Local Access Combo Pricing is not available in P.R.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;PNT &amp;amp; COS&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt; Available for all port speeds. U.S. Domestic PNT &amp;amp; COS rates apply in P.R.&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;B style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;Router&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt; Managed and&amp;nbsp;Customer Managed Router&amp;nbsp;(Basic and Plus) available&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;
&lt;LI class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;MLPPP&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;following&amp;nbsp;the existing controlled introduction guidelines&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;Follow these&amp;nbsp;steps&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;address IP opportunities&amp;nbsp;in Puerto Rico. &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;1. Generate a quote in SIMPL by selecting&amp;nbsp;Puerto Rico&amp;nbsp;from the drop down on the contract&amp;nbsp;page. Submit requests&amp;nbsp;for more aggressive pricing via SIMPL. If a single customer has Puerto Rico and domestic locations individual solutions must be created to generate quotes for the Puerto Rico and domestic locations.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;2. &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;U&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;Before&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp;presenting a contract to customers for MIS/PNT service&amp;nbsp;in Puerto Rico contact your Agent Manager to perform&amp;nbsp;the initial&amp;nbsp;capacity check&amp;nbsp;described in section 4.0 of the MIS&amp;nbsp;in&amp;nbsp;Puerto&amp;nbsp;Rico&amp;nbsp;Overview.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The initial capacity check is valid for 30 days.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;3. After receiving capacity approval and&amp;nbsp;applicable special pricing approval submit the contract to the customer for signature&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN:0in 0in 0pt;tab-stops:list .5in;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:'Arial','sans-serif';"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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