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Section 2:Call Charges & Exchange Line Services

Part 20:Miscellaneous

Subpart 1:Miscellaneous

International Direct Connect Option (IDC)

Conditions

Specific Conditions

1. `Service Start Date' means the earlier of the date when the Service is first made available to the Customer at a Port on the nominated Site, or the date when the Customer first starts to use the Service from a Port.

2. Service for each Port is offered with a Minimum Period of 12 months from the Service Start Date.

3. Subject to paragraph 5 below, the Management Fee of £2400 (Exc VAT) per annum (£200 (Exc VAT) per month) for the first Port and £2400 (Exc VAT) per annum (£200 (Exc VAT) per month) for all subsequent Ports will be applied and invoiced annually in arrears. All Call Charges will normally be invoiced monthly in arrears.

4. BT will measure the Customer's total IDC Call Spend over a twelve calendar month period commencing on the first day of the first calendar month following the Service Start Date of the first Port (the `Spend Measurement Period').

5. The Customer may achieve a reduction in the Management Fee according to the amount of IDC Call Spend measured over the Spend Measurement Period. The Management Fee, Spend Threshold and Minimum Spend for Management Fee Credit is set out in Table 3 below:

- If the Customer's IDC Call Spend in a Spend Measurement Period meets or exceeds the total Spend Threshold for the number of Ports multiplied by the Spend Threshold for Each Port set out in Table 3 below then the Management Fee will not be charged for those Ports, i.e.
Call Spend £24000 on 1 Port, no Management fee charged for that Port.
Call Spend £48000 over 2 or fewer Ports, no Management fee charged for those Ports.
Call Spend £72000 over 3 or fewer Ports, no Management fee charged for those Ports.
Call Spend £96000 over 4 or fewer Ports, no Management fee charged for those Ports.
- If the Customer's IDC Call Spend in a Spend Measurement Period exceeds the Each Port Minimum Spend for Management Fee Credit figure in Table 3 below but is less than the Spend Threshold then a Management Fee of the difference between the Spend Threshold and the Customer's IDC Call Spend will be charged for each port taken.
- If the Customer's IDC Call Spend in a Spend Measurement Period is at or below the Each Port Minimum Spend for Management Fee Credit figure in Table 3 below then the full Management Fee also set out in Table 3 below will be charged for each port taken.

IDC Call Spend (Table 3)

PORTS	Spend Threshold		Minimum Spend for Management Fee Credit		Management Fee
	Exc VAT	Inc VAT	Exc VAT	Inc VAT	Exc VAT	Inc VAT
	£	£	£	£	£(pa)	£(pa)
Each Port	24000.00	27600.01	21600.00	24840.01	2400.00	2760.01

6. Examples: Management Fees for Call Spend levels for number of Ports taken:

PORTS	Management Fees by Call Spend achieved and number of Ports taken Customer Call Spend achieved
	Exc VAT	Exc VAT	Exc VAT	Exc VAT	Exc VAT	Exc VAT	Exc VAT	Exc VAT
	£(pa)	£(pa)	£(pa)	£(pa)	£(pa)	£(pa)	£(pa)	£(pa)
	20000	24000	40000	48000	60000	72000	80000	96000
1	2400.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2	4800.00	2400.00	2400.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
3	7200.00	4800.00	4800.00	2400.00	2400.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
4	9600.00	7200.00	7200.00	4800.00	4800.00	2400.00	2400.00	0.00

Management Fees for customers requiring 5 or more Ports are on application.

7. Early Termination - (a) If a Customer terminates any Port within the Minimum Period then a termination charge equivalent to the monthly Management Fee for the remaining months of the Minimum Period for the Port will be charged, unless the Customer has at the date of termination of the Port met or exceeded the annual Spend Threshold of £24000 (Exc VAT) for each Port or meets the criteria specified in paragraphs 8, 9 or 11. (b) If a Customer terminates its Contract within the first Spend Measurement Period then a termination charge equivalent to the Management Fee for the remaining months of the Spend Measurement Period will be charged unless the Customer has met or exceeded the annual Spend Threshold for the number of Ports terminated or the Customer meets the criteria specified in paragraphs 8, 9 or 11.

8. If a Customer terminates its Contract for the purposes of migration to a Contract with a higher Spend Threshold, the Customer will not be liable for termination charges provided that at the date of termination, the Spend Threshold under the original Contract has been achieved on a pro-rata basis.

9. If the Customer terminates all of its Ports under the Contract then this Contract and the Contracts of all nominated subsidiaries will be deemed to be terminated on expiry of the notice of termination unless, prior to such expiry a nominated subsidiary (`Customer 2') agrees to amend its IDC Contract to include nomination of the remaining subsidiaries. If a nominated subsidiary (Customer 2) agrees to replace the original Customer then:

(i)paragraph 7 above will apply to the original Customer.
(ii)the Spend Measurement Period for Customer 2 and the remaining subsidiaries will remain unchanged.
(iii)the number of Ports held by Customer 2 and the nominated subsidiaries will be the remainder of the total number of Ports in the original Contracts less those terminated by the original Customer.

10. A Subsidiary is defined as a company that is either a subsidiary of the Customer or the Customer's holding company as defined in Section 736 of the Companies Act 1985, as amended by the Companies Act 1989.

11. Migration to Voice Port Global Service - Migration from IDC Contracts to Voice Port Service is permitted without incurring early termination charges, provided the Customer takes or has an overseas BT Port or other BT distributed CNS service and the following criteria are met:

- there is a Net Benefit for BT. A Net Benefit means that there is the same or higher Spend Threshold, or an increased total contract value and

- the Minimum Period of the new Contract is equal to or greater than the outstanding Minimum Period of the old Contract.

On migration, all one-off charges (including Set Up charges) applicable to the Voice Port Service are payable by the Customer.

A new Contract for Voice Port comprising the Terms and Conditions for that service must be signed by the Customer.

The migration is subject to 28 days written notice and acceptance by BT.

12. IDC Call Charges are to be:

Non-Eligible & Contributory Call Spend in BT Customer Commitment, BT Premier Value and BT Business Plan.

Non-Eligible & Contributory Call Spend in BT Business One Plan

Contributory Spend in BT Business Reward.

13. For Customers not equipped with suitable line plant, excess construction charges will apply. Charges for infrastructure over and above standard requirements are given in Section 45 Part 1 These charges include work on internal trunking & traywork; breaking through walls; additional poles, ducts and cables; radio charges and miscellaneous non-standard or specially requested items.

14. No other call discounts will be applied to IDC Call Charges (including Dual Discount).

15. The Contract will continue automatically at the end of each annual Spend Measurement Period on the same Terms and Conditions as the existing IDC Contract, unless the required 28 day notice is given by the Customer, such notice to terminate at the end of the Minimum Period or 28 days thereafter.

16. The Contract may be terminated at any time by either party giving the other 28 days notice. Contracts terminated by the Customer during the Minimum Period of Service for any Port may be subject to termination and/or reconciliation charges in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 7. Customers may terminate Ports on 28 days notice but this will be subject to a pro-rata adjustment of Spend Thresholds and may incur termination/reconciliation charges in accordance with paragraph 5 above on a pro-rata basis.

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