Product Notification Forum Unbundled Network Elements Platform UNEP Thursday August 23, 2001 9:00 11

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Product Notification ForumUnbundled Network
Elements - Platform (UNE-P)Thursday August 23,
2001900 - 1100 a.m. MDT1-877-847-0338, pass
code 7613124
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Agenda

• Introductions
• Purpose of the meeting
• General Product Overview
• Product Definition
• Product Diagram
• Product and Process Changes by Product Catalog
  (PCAT) Section
• Review of Additional Resources
• Question and Answer Session
• Closing

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Purpose

• Provide high level product information to ensure
  general understanding
• Communicate and review changes to products and
  processes. These changes are a result of
• 271 Workshop commitments and agreements
• New product initiatives
• New products and functionality in support of
  Statement of Generally Accepted Terms (SGAT)
  language and commission orders
• Answer customer questions about product and
  process changes

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General Product Overview

• UNE-P Product Catalog
• Unbundled Network Elements Platform (UNE-P)
  products are combinations of unbundled network
  elements (UNE) that meet the definition of
  unbundled network elements in Section 251(c) (3)
  of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
• The current UNE-P family of products consists of
  
• UNE-P Centrex (Plus, 21, and Centron)
• UNE-P DSS (Digital Switched Service)
• UNE-P ISDN BRI (Basic Rate Interface)
• UNE-P ISDN PRI (Primary Rate Interface)
• UNE-P PBX
• UNE-P POTS
• UNE-P PAL (Public Access Lines)
• Provisioning available Sept 01, 2001, PCAT under
  Development

• Customers requiring detailed product training
  should contact their account team representative.

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P General Information PCAT
• The information provided in the General PCAT
  applies to the entire UNE-P product family. UNE-P
  product specific detail may be found in
  individual product PCATs.
• Availability
• Terms and Conditions
• White Pages Directory Listings link
• CSA Statement
• Customized Routing link
• Revised 911 language, statement, diagram

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P Centrex PCAT
• UNE-P Centrex provides similar finished service
  functionality that is provided with Qwest retail
  Centrex services, providing exchange service
  between an end-user's premises and the Qwest
  Central Office. UNE-P Centrex products available
  are Centrex 21, Plus, and Centron which may be
  ordered as a new combination or converted from
  existing Qwest resold or retail services. ISDN
  service will not be offered with UNE-P Centrex.
  Centron is only available in Minnesota.\
• Terms Conditions Grandparented services
  language

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P DSS PCAT
• The UNE-P DSS product provides similar
  functionality and features as Qwest's retail DSS
  product. UNE-P DSS provides digital exchange
  service between an end-user's PBX and the Qwest
  Central Office and includes
• Digital exchange service for PBX (Private Branch
  Exchange) end-users
• Digital transmission facility (DS1/DS3) at the
  speed of 1.544 Mbps, or fiber optic upon request
• Multiplexing of the DSS facility in Qwest's
  central office to accommodate up to 24 voice
  grade channels into the switch
• Trunks, both basic and advanced, for access to
  the local exchange network

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P ISDN BRI PCAT
• UNE-P ISDN BRI is an all-digital communications
  technology that provides services and
  capabilities not available through standard
  analog technology. The ISDN digital architecture
  provides an integrated voice/data capability to
  the end-user via the Public Switched Network
  (PSN). It allows for high-speed transfer of
  voice, data and video over the same line,
  sometimes at the same time.
• Standard Configurations
• Nonstandard Configurations
• Switch Availability
• CPE
• Loop Qualification

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P ISDN PRI PCAT
• Unbundled Network Elements-Platform (UNE-P) ISDN
  (Integrated Services Digital Network) PRI
  (Primary Rate Interface) provides preexisting
  network elements which are combined together to
  provide a finished service for ISDN compatible
  PBX end-users.
• UNE-P ISDN PRI is a four-wire full duplex
  transmission path between ISDN capable CPE
  (Customer Provided Equipment) and an
  ISDN-equipped central office. The basic service
  consists of 23 B Channels and a D Channel with a
  transmission rate of 1.544 Mbit/s (Mega bits).
  Each B Channel carries user information and the
  D-Channel is used for signaling. The channel
  configuration is commonly referred to as 23BD.

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P PBX PCAT
• A Private Branch Exchange (PBX) is equipment at
  the end-user location that routes incoming,
  outgoing and internal calls. PBX service uses
  UNE-P Analog DID and non-DID Trunks to connect
  the end-user's premises to the Qwest central
  office.
• UNE-P Analog PBX Trunks are a combination of
  preexisting elements which provide an unbundled
  switch port and an unbundled loop to a end-user's
  premises for connection to the end-user's PBX
  switch.

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Product Process Changes
Product Description

• UNE-P POTS PCAT
• UNE-P POTS provides similar finished service
  functionality as is provided with Qwest's retail
  residential and business services (i.e., 1FR/1FB
  1MR/1MB).
• UNE-P POTS may be ordered as a new combination or
  existing resold services or existing Qwest retail
  services may be converted to UNE-P POTS. Existing
  Centrex 21, Centrex Plus or Centron service may
  be converted to UNE-P-POTS.

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Product Process Changes
Pricing

• UNE-P General PCAT
• Rate Structure involved UNEs
• Tariff Information link
• Surcharge Statement and applicability
• Suspension of Service availability
• MSA Qualification Market Based Rates
• Optional Features Available Unavailable switch
  features
• Product Specific PCATs
• Geographic Deaveraging statement
• Rates SGAT Ex A Link
• Nonrecurring Charge USOCs on LSRs
• Optional Features
• USOC/FID Finder Tool

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Product Process Changes
Features, Benefits, Applications

• UNE-P General PCAT
• Qwest Features and resulting UNE-P CLEC benefit
  matrix.
• Applications matrix provides CLECs variables to
  consider when evaluating the cost and benefits of
  UNE-P versus the Qwest resale offering.
• Product Specific PCATs
• Product Specific features, benefits, and
  applications

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Product Process Changes
Implementation

• UNE-P General Product Specific PCATs
• Prerequisites New CLECs link to getting Started
• Pre Ordering CLEC Pre order functions. Services
  or features removed by Qwest upon conversion.
• Ordering, LSR Fields, Provisioning, Maintenance,
  Billing, Usage Data, USOCs

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Additional Resources

• PCAT www.qwest.com/wholesale/pcat/unep
• Service Interval Guide www.qwest.com/wholesale/gu
  ides/sig/index.html
• SGAT Language
  www.qwest.com/about/policy/sgats/
• Training
  www.qwest.com/wholesale/training/
• Account Manager www.qwest.com/wholesale/clecs/ac
  countmanagers.html
• Web Based Product Training Requests
  cwolber_at_qwest.com