OBA

OPTIONAL BILLING ARRANGEMENT

INDICATES:

The access customer has signed a billing agreement that allows a specified period of time to contest charges. In exchange, the provider guarantees certain quality measures including not billing for usage that posts after the agreed upon date.

DATE:

10/27/2005

BILLING:

CABS

APPLICATIONS:

1AESS, Access Service, Billing

SECTION - POSITION

EXAMPLES

BILL - LH

IOBA R 09-28-2005

S&E - FL

IASG 2/OCL NWRKNJ02CG0/PIU 75
     /AN 10288/OBA R 09-15-2005
ITSC AB123456/TTD DF4-TDDEF
     /APZ NWRKNJAA M- NWRKNJ02
     /TTC TY/TGN 0414

SERVICE ORDER ACTIVITY NOTES:

1. A date identified with an " F" will not change. The period of time will be determined by the bill date. A date identified with an "R" will change with each bill period.
2. The appearance of a second date indicates the end date of the contract.

SECTION - POSITION

APPEARANCE

MODE

MIN

MAX

Required

Alphanumeric

8

23

Element: 1

Contract Date Type Indicator

Appearance

Mode

Min

Max

Series

Range

Required

Alphabetic

1

1

No

No

Code Set:

Element: 2

Month - Numeric

Appearance

Mode

Min

Max

Series

Range

Required

Numeric

1

2

No

No

Data Parameters:

Element: 3

Day of Month

Appearance

Mode

Min

Max

Series

Range

Required

Numeric

1

2

No

No

Data Parameters:

Element: 4

Year of Century

Appearance

Mode

Min

Max

Series

Range

Optional

Numeric

2

2

No

No

Data Parameters:

Element: 5

Calendar Year

Appearance

Mode

Min

Max

Series

Range

Optional

Numeric

4

4

No

No

Data Parameters:

No.

Element Combination

Series

Separator

1.

1 SP 2 - 3 - 4

No

2.

1 SP 2 - 3 - 4 , 2 - 3 - 4

No

3.

1 SP 2 - 3 - 5

No

4.

1 SP 2 - 3 - 5 , 2 - 3 - 5

No

SECTION - POSITION

S&E - FL

Please refer to BILL - LH for all data requirements.

ORDER TYPE/ACTION CODE/FID RELATIONSHIPS

Order Type

N

T

F

D

C

R

X

P

A

Presence

O

P

P

O

O

O

P

P

P

Action Codes

I

-

-

I, O

I

I

-

-

-

CRIS

CABS

Data Retention

No

Yes

Printed on CSR

No

Yes

Order Type

N

T

F

D

C

R

X

P

A

Presence

O

P

P

O

O

O

P

P

P

Action Codes

I,E

-

-

O,D

I,O, C,T

I,O, C,T

-

-

-

CRIS

CABS

Data Retention

No

Yes

Printed on CSR

No

Yes

Note: Please refer to BR-751-000-150 for a complete description of a FID specification and its structure.

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