{"id":42185,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/contract-for-services-mfs-telephone-inc-and-concentric-network.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"contract-for-services-mfs-telephone-inc-and-concentric-network","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/operations\/contract-for-services-mfs-telephone-inc-and-concentric-network.html","title":{"rendered":"Contract for Services &#8211; MFS Telephone Inc. and Concentric Network Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre> \n                             Contract for Services\n\n     This Agreement (the 'Agreement') is entered into this 14th day of June,\n1996, by and between MFS Telephone, Inc. ('MFS') and Concentric Network\nCorporation ('Customer'). Pursuant to this Agreement, MFS agrees to arrange for\nservices specified herein to be delivered to Customer. In providing the services\nidentified herein, MFS will be acting as Customer's agent in procuring\ntelecommunications services from various affiliates of MFS, including (but not\nlimited to) MFS Intelenet, Inc. and MFS Telecom, Inc. The telecommunications\nservices provided to Customer hereunder are offered pursuant to the terms and\nconditions contained in applicable state and federal tariffs of MFS and its\naffiliates; except to the extent modified by this Agreement, Customer agrees to\nbe bound by the terms and conditions of the applicable tariffs.\n\n     1.  TERM\n\n     MFS Telecom and Customer agree that the term of this agreement shall be one\nyear, commencing on the date specified above. The term shall automatically renew\nfor successive one year periods unless either party notifies the other in\nwriting no less than 30 days prior to the expiration of the initial or renewal\nterm of its intention to terminate the Agreement at the expiration of the then-\ncurrent term.\n\n     2.  RATES AND CHARGES\n\n     In consideration of the special and unique services to be provided to\nCustomer hereunder, including but not limited to 'inward foreign exchange\nservice,' in which local telephone calls to Customer from outside Customer's\nservice area can be routed to Customer's location through use of different\ntelephone numbers in each different area, Customer agrees to pay MFS the\nfollowing rates for MFS on-net T-1 trunk service offered and available in the\nfollowing Local Exchange Carrier 'LEC') territories (rates stated are per month,\nper T-1):\n\n\n \nState                  T1 Trunk Charge\n-----                  ---------------\n\n                    \nCalifornia             [*]\nMaryland               [*]\nNew York               [*]\nGeorgia                [*]\nIllinois &amp; Michigan    [*]\n\n\n\n\n-------------------------\n     [*]Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately\nwith the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Confidential treatment has been\nrequested with respect to the omitted portions.\n\n \n     The rates and services listed above are subject to availability; MFS's\nobligation to provide the services in each state listed above is contingent on\nMFS securing agreements with the applicable LEC allowing MFS to provision such\nservices on commercially reasonable terms.\n\n     3.  DISCOUNTS\n\n     In the event that Customer orders and MFS installs more than [*]\nT-1 trunks in the United States, Customer shall receive a discount of [*] off of\nthe rates listed above for each T-1 in excess of [*]. In the event that Customer\norders and MFS installs more than [*] T-1 trunks in the United States, Customer\nshall receive a discount of [*] off of the rates listed above for each T-1 in\nexcess of [*]. The discounts stated in this section shall apply only to the\nextent that Customer has ordered T-l's in excess of the numbers listed in this\nsection. As an example, if Customer has ordered and MFS has installed [*] T-l's\nthen Customer's monthly charges for [*] T-l's shall be determined by the rates\nin Section 2, and Customer's monthly charges for [*] T-l's shall be determined\nby the rates in Section 2, less [*]. If Customer has ordered and installed [*]\nT-I's, then the monthly charges shall be: (a) the prices listed in Section 2 for\n[*] T-1's; (b) [*] off of those prices for [*] T-1's; and (c) [*] off those\nprices for [*] T-1's.\n\n\n     4.  INSTALLATION CHARGES\n\n     Customer shall pay MFS [*] for each T-1 installed by MFS pursuant to\nthis Agreement, which installation fee shall be billed after installation.\n\n     5.  MINIMUM MONTHLY USAGE COMMITMENT\n\n     Customer agrees to maintain a minimum monthly usage commitment of [*]\nof monthly billings for T-1 Trunk Charges listed in section 2 hereof. In any\nmonth where Customer's actual billings fall below the minimum monthly usage\ncommitment, Customer agrees to pay a shortfall fee equal to the difference\nbetween Customer's actual bill and the minimum monthly usage commitment. Only\nthe T-1 Trunk Charges contribute toward the minimum monthly usage commitment.\nCharges that do not contribute to the minimum monthly usage commitment include\ninstallation fees, access charges, late payment penalties, taxes and other\ngovernment-imposed surcharges.\n\n     6.  TERMINATION LIABILITY\n\n     If Customer terminates this Agreement prior to the end of the initial or\nany renewal term, or MFS terminates this Agreement due to Customer's material\ndefault, Customer shall pay to MFS, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty,\na termination charge equal to the minimum monthly usage commitment multiplied by\nthe number of months remaining on the initial or renewal term.  Customer\n\n\n------------------------\n     [*]Certain information on this page has been omitted and filed separately\nwith the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Confidential treatment has been\nrequested with respect to the omitted portions.\n\n\n                                      -2-\n\n \nmay terminate this Agreement without liability if Customer provides written\nnotification of such cancellation to MFS, postmarked within 90 days of the date\nof this Agreement.  Written notification must be sent to:\n\n             MFS Telecom Companies, Inc.\n             55 South Market Street, Suite 1250\n             San Jose, CA 95113\n             Attn: Contracts Department\n\n\n     Notwithstanding cancellation of this Agreement, Customer shall be\nresponsible for all charges incurred under this Agreement through the date of\nCustomer's disconnection from MFS service.\n\n     7.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND MODIFICATIONS\n\n     The terms and conditions contained in this Agreement constitute the entire\nagreement of the parties and supersede all previous written and oral\nrepresentations and\/or agreements respecting the same subject matter between the\nparties.  This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by Customer and\nMFS's Customer Contracts Administrator.\n\n\nCustomer Acceptance                      MFS Acceptance\n\n\n\/s\/ John Peters                            \/s\/ Douglas T. Hickey\n-----------------------------            -------------------------------\nAuthorized Customer Signature            Authorized MFS Signature\n\n6\/17\/96                                  6\/17\/96\n-----------------------------            -------------------------------\nDate                                     Date\n\nJohn Peters                              Douglas T. 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