UG-BDRG-001 Issue 2-April, 2005

Sometimes contract and tariff factors used by BellSouth are different than those used by the carrier. It is important for a carrier to report contract and tariff factors to BellSouth on a regular basis. Jurisdictional factors should be developed and reported for particular services as specified in the BellSouth Tariffs and as specified in applicable contracts that are provisioned for a carrier. Jurisdictional factors should be updated on a quarterly basis during the months of January, April, July and October. These updates should be received no later than the 30th of each of these months. These updates should be provided in writing by letter or electronic mail and sent to the following address:

US Mail:

BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc

2300 Northlake Centre Drive

Suite 415

Tucker, GA 30084

Electronic Mail: piu.report@bridge.bellsouth.com

An email will be returned indicating receipt of reports submitted by electronic mail. The recommended format for updates is provided in the online form RF-3995 Jurisdictional Factor Report.

There are three Jurisdictional Factors that must be reported to BellSouth on a quarterly basis. These factors determine the type of service being billed from within or outside a calling area. These factors are the PIU (Percent Interstate Usage), PLU (Percent Local Usage) and PLF (Percent Local Facility).

The PIU factor is the percentage of use that is interstate. For services that are billed on a per minute use (MOU) basis the PIU is based upon the traffic to and from the BellSouth Network. It is incumbent upon a carrier that is billed for originating/terminating traffic to the BellSouth Network to report PIU factors to BellSouth that are representative of the actual jurisdiction of traffic delivered to BellSouth.

The PLU factor is the percentage of intrastate terminating usage that is categorized as Local Jurisdiction. Carriers that totally utilize resale or unbundled network elements to provision local services are not required to report PLU factors. Interexchange Carriers that do not terminate local traffic as a CLEC are not required to report PLU factors. Terminating party pays usage shall be excluded from the PLU calculations. This factor is calculated on a statewide basis using the Access Carrier Name Abbreviation (ACNA).

The PLF factor is the percentage of the intrastate use of Switched Dedicated Transport and/or Local Interconnection Transport that is jurisdictionally local. This factor is similar to PLU except that it applies to dedicated transport services that are billed on a non-usage sensitive basis.

In those instances where BellSouth has sufficient information to calculate jurisdictional factors for itself, BellSouth will notify the carrier, by letter or email, of the factors that will be used in billing, as well as the effective date. In the event the customer does not provide a projected jurisdictional factor(s) and BellSouth does not have sufficient information to develop the jurisdictional factor(s), BellSouth may utilize one of the following:

• The most recent audit results, if an audit has been performed
• The jurisdictional factor(s) provided with the initial order for service
• A default value

For additional information on Jurisdictional Factors, see the BellSouth Jurisdictional Factors Reporting Guide.