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CenturyLink Communications, LLC Rates and Services Schedule Interstate and International No. 9 d/b/a Lumen Technologies Group Title Page 1

Effective: 02-01-2021 Release 2

This Schedule contains the rates, terms and Conditions

Applying to the provision of

Interstate and International

Long Distance Telecommunications Services

for Residential Customers As provided by CenturyLink Communications, LLC d/b/a Lumen Technologies Group Whether offered under that Name, or offered under the Trade Names or Brand Names

CenturyLink or Lumen

Effective February 1, 2019, this Rates and Services Schedule Interstate and International No. 9 replaced

the residential long-distance services formerly located in the following schedules: CenturyLink Communications, LLC Rates and Services Schedule Interstate and International No.

1 (f/ka CenturyTel Long Distance, LLC),

CenturyLink Communications, LLC Rates and Services Schedule International No. 2 (f/k/a Qwest Communications Company, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink QCC), CenturyLink Communications, LLC Rates and Services Schedule Interstate No.3 (f/k/a Qwest Communications Company, LLC d/b/a CenturyLink QCC), CenturyLink Communications, LLC Rates and Services Schedule Interstate and International No.4 (f/k/a Qwest LD Corp. d/b/a CenturyLink LD), and CenturyLink Communications, LLC Rates and Services Schedule Interstate and International No.6 (f/k/a Embarq Communications, Inc. d/b/a CenturyLink Communications).

ADOPTION NOTICE

Effective September 14, 2020, CenturyLink Communications, LLC registered and began operating under the fictitious name Lumen Technologies Group. As such, CenturyLink Communications, LLC d/b/a/ Lumen Technologies Group hereby adopts, ratifies and makes its own, in every respect as if the same had been originally published by it, all schedules, rules, notices, concurrences, schedule

agreements, divisions, authorities or other instruments whatsoever, published or adopted by

CenturyLink Communications, LLC prior to September 14, 2020.

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Application and Reference

Table of Contents Page

Section 1 Application of Rates and Services Schedule ........................................ 1

Section 2 General

A. Definitions ................................................................................................... 1

B. Calculation of Distance ............................................................................... 6

C. Timing of Calls ............................................................................................ 7

D. Rate Periods ............................................................................................... 7

E. General Terms and Conditions ................................................................... 8

1. Undertaking of the Company .................................................................. 8

2. Assignment or Transfer .......................................................................... 8

3. Use .......................................................................................................... 8

4. Liabilities of the Company ....................................................................... 8

5. Use of Recording Devices ...................................................................... 10

6. Credit Limit .............................................................................................. 10

7. Payment for Service ............................................................................... 10

8. Deposits .................................................................................................. 12

9. Advance Payments ................................................................................. 12

10. Interconnection with Other Carriers ........................................................ 12

11. Refusal or Discontinuance by Company ................................................ 12

12. Inspection, Testing and Adjustment ....................................................... 15

13. Interruption of Service ............................................................................. 15

14. Cancellation of Application for Service ................................................... 15

15. Toll Free Numbers .................................................................................. 16

16. Billing Entity Conditions .......................................................................... 17

F. Taxes, Fees and Other Charges ................................................................ 18

1. General ................................................................................................... 18

2. Descriptions and Rates ........................................................................... 18

a. Public Pay Telephone Surcharge ..................................................... 18 b. Federal Universal Service Fund Fee (FUSF) ................................... 19 c. Federal Regulatory Recovery Fee .................................................... 19 d. Property Tax Recovery ..................................................................... 19 e. Long Distance Line Charge (LDLC) ................................................. 20

f. Single Bill Fee ................................................................................... 20

g. South Carolina Universal Service Charge ........................................ 20

h. Duplicate Bill Charge ........................................................................ 21

i. Toll Free Administrative Fee ............................................................. 21

j. Reserved .......................................................................................... 21

k. Gross Receipts Tax Surcharge......................................................... 22

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Section 3 Interstate Services and Rates for Residential Customers

A. General ....................................................................................................... 1

B. Casual Calling / Dial Around Calling / Default Plans .................................. 2

1. 10-10-505/550 Dial Around Service ....................................................... 2

2. 10-15-046 Dial Around Service .............................................................. 2

3. 10-10-432 Dial Around Service .............................................................. 3

4. Matchmaker ............................................................................................ 4

5. Domestic Plan (f/k/a CenturyLink 5¢/$4.95 Plan) ................................... 5

C. Reserved for Future Use ............................................................................ 6

D. Voice Long Distance Services .................................................................... 9

1. Unlimited Nationwide Calling .................................................................. 9

2. Simply Unlimited Phone for Residence .................................................. 11

3. Easy Talk Stand Alone Unlimited ........................................................... 13

4. CenturyLink Unlimited ............................................................................. 14

5. Easy Talk ................................................................................................ 16

6. Easy Talk II or Easy Talk 2 ..................................................................... 17

7. RI Unlimited ............................................................................................ 18

8. Residential Easy Talk Toll-Free Service ................................................. 20

9. Economy Pack Long Distance Plan ....................................................... 22

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Section 4 International Services and Rates for Residential Customers

A. Time of Day Rate Periods ........................................................................... 1

B. Casual Calling / Dial Around Calling / Default Plans .................................. 8

1. 10-10-432 Dial Around Service NO LONGER OFFERED ..................... 8

2. International Basic Service/Residential International Base Rates (IBR) 3

C. Travel / Calling Card Services - DELETED ............................................. 24

D. Voice Long Distance Services .................................................................... 39

1. Easy Talk International ........................................................................... 39

2. Reserved ................................................................................................ 53

3. Conexión Latino America GRANDFATHERED ..................................... 61

4. Plan Latino II /Plan Latino 2 - GRANDFATHERED................................ 62

5. Easy Talk Canada 1000 - GRANDFATHERED ..................................... 63

6. Unlimited Canada ................................................................................... 64

7. Country Connections .............................................................................. 65

E. International Rate Tables ......................................................................... 66

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Section 5 Customer Incentive and Discount Programs A. Long Distance Competitive Response ........................................................ 1

1. Residence Customer Incentive Program ................................................ 1

B. Promotions .................................................................................................. 4

C. Discount Programs ..................................................................................... 5

1. Telecommunications Relay Service Discount ........................................ 5

2. Hearing and Speech Discount ................................................................ 6

Section 6 Operator Services and Directory Assistance

A. General ..................................................................................................... 1

Section 103 Obsolete Interstate Services and Rates for Residential Customers

A. General ....................................................................................................... 1

B. Casual Calling / Dial Around Calling / Default Plans - DELETED .............. 2 C. Travel / Calling Card Services - DELETED ................................................ 3

D. Voice Long Distance Services .................................................................... 4

Section 104 Obsolete International Services and Rates for Residential Customers

A. Time of Day Rate Periods......................................................................... 1

B. Casual Calling / Dial Around Calling / Default Plans - Reserved ......... 1 C. Travel / Calling Card Services - Reserved .............................................. 1 D. Voice Long Distance Services ................................................................. 2

1. Choice International ............................................................................. 2

E. International Rate Tables ......................................................................... 3

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Section 107 Obsolete Services II

A. Coastal Long Distance Services - DELETED ............................................. 1 B. Gallatin River Long Distance Services - DELETED ................................... 34 C. Gulf Long Distance Services - DELETED ................................................... 64 D. Madison River Long Distance Services - DELETED ................................. 88 E. MebTeL Long Distance Services - DELETED ............................................ 123 F. El Paso Telephone County Company Long Distance Services .................. 162 G. Embarq Communications, Inc. and CenturyTel Long Distance .................. 179 H. Qwest LD Corp. and Qwest Communications Company, LLC ................... 278

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Section 1 - Application of Rates and Services Schedule

This Rates and Services Schedule (RSS) contains the descriptions, terms and conditions, and rates/charges

applicable to residential interstate telecommunication services furnished by CenturyLink Communications,

LLC d/b/a Lumen Technologies Group, hereinafter referred to as the Company, between and among points

within the United States, U.S. possessions or territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S.

Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and other minor outlying islands.)

This RSS also includes the descriptions, terms and conditions, and rates/charges applicable to residential

international telecommunications services furnished by CenturyLink Communications, LLC d/b/a Lumen Technologies Group between locations in the United States and foreign localities.

Intrastate services work in conjunction with these interstate services. This RSS also governs intrastate or

in-state long distance service ("Intrastate Services"), and the defined term "Service" includes Intrastate

Services provided by the Company; however, the rates, charges, and any separate provision applicable

RSS does not apply to Intrastate Services where (i) prohibited by law, (ii) it conflicts with tariffs/price

lists/catalog pages that are effective with respect to Intrastate Services, or (iii) a separate contract with the

Company applies to the Intrastate Services; however at such time, if ever, that (i), (ii) or (iii) cease to apply,

then this RSS will automatically and without further notice apply to such Intrastate Services.

Certain long distance plans are only available

in conjunction with a particular CIC, in which instance the long- distance plans that work in conjunction

with these CIC codes are further defined under each service.

CIC 0236 (formerly assigned to Qwest LD Corp.)

CIC 0432 (formerly assigned to Qwest Communications, LLC) CIC 0550 (formerly assigned to CenturyTel Long Distance, LLC) CIC 5046 (formerly assigned to Embarq Communications, Inc.)

All of these services are governed by the terms, conditions, discounts and provisions specified in the

intrastate Rate Schedules/Price Lists/Tariffs. The residential Long Distance Service Agreements can be

found on the Company website at:

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Trademarks, Service Marks and Trade Names

The following list of trade names, trademarks and/or service marks which may be used for services offered in this Schedule are owned by CenturyLink Communications, LLC. Trademark and service mark designations will not be listed hereafter in the Schedule. However, the laws regarding trademarks and service marks are applicable. Trade names, trademarks and service marks that are owned by CenturyLink Communications, LLC cannot be used by another party without authorization.

Service Mark/Trademark: Trade Name:

CenturyLink® CenturyLink

Lumen® Lumen

Lumen Technologies®

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A. Definitions

For purposes of this Rates and Services Schedule the following definitions shall apply.

Access

following methods: presubscription in equal access areas, direct access, 800, 950 and 10XXX dialing sequences.

Access Line

An arrangement which connects the Subscriber's or customer's location to the Carrier's designated point of presence or network switching center. ANI A calling telephone number identification which is forwarded to a interexchange carrier by a

LEC as a call is placed.

Authorized User

A person, firm or corporation, or any other entity authorized by the customer or Subscriber to communicate utilizing the Company's services.

Automatic Numbering Identification (ANI)

A type of signaling provided by a local exchange telephone company that automatically identifies the local exchange line from which a call originates.

Billed Party

The person or entity responsible for payment of the Company's Service(s): For a Direct Dialed Call, the person or entity responsible for payment is the customer responsible for payment for local

telephone service at the telephone used to originate an intrastate call. In the case of a Travel Card

call, Calling Card call or other credit card call (herein collectively the "Card"), the person or entity

responsible for payment is the customer of record of the Travel Card, Calling Card or other valid and

acceptable card used. In the case of a collect or third-party call the person or entity responsible for

payment is the person responsible for payment for local telephone service at the telephone number

that agrees to accept charges for the call. In the case of a Room Charge Call, the entity responsible

for payment is the Aggregator controlling the telephone used to originate the intrastate call. In all

Operator Assisted calls not involving cards, third party calls, collect calls or Room Charge calls, the

person or entity responsible for payment is the customer responsible for payment for local telephone services at the telephone used to originate the intrastate call.

Calling Card Call

A Direct Dialed or Operator Assisted call for which charges are billed not to the originating telephone

number, but to a LEC or interexchange carrier calling card. (M) Certain material previously appearing on this page now appears on Page 1.1. of this section.

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Called Station

Denotes the terminating point of a long distance telephone call (i.e. the called telephone number).

Calling Station

Denotes the point from which a call is placed (also referred to as the originating location).

Carrier

Any provider of intrastate interexchange telecommunications services.

Casual Calling

A service whereby an end-user accesses the Company's service by dialing a Company-provided access code prior to placing the call, such as 101XXXX + 1 + area code + destination number.

Channel

the path having a band width designed to carry voice grade transmission. CIC

Carrier Identification Code; except for Dial Around services, residential customers must be

Commission

Refers to state public utilities and/or the Federal Communications Commissions as distinguished herein.

Common Carrier

A company or entity providing telecommunications services to the public.

Company

CenturyLink Communications, LLC unless otherwise indicated by the context. Also formerly known as Qwest LD Corp. (QLDC), Qwest Communications Company, LLC (QCC), CenturyTel Long Distance (CLD) and Embarq Communications, Inc. (ECI). (M) Certain material appearing on this page previously appeared on Page 1 of this section.

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A. CNMI

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Credit Application

A standard form which is used by the Company to assess a customer's credit worthiness prior to the Company's arranging the installation of any facilities or the provision of any services to a customer.

Credit Card Call

A Direct Dialed or Operator Assisted call for which charges are billed not to the originating telephone

number, but to a credit commercial card, such as Visa or MasterCard.

Customer

The person or legal entity who enrolls in, uses and is responsible for payment of charges for CenturyLink Consumer long distance services provided by CenturyLink.

Customer - Provided Facilities

the customer and/or Authorized User other than those provided by the Company. Data The representation of information as characters that are in a digital or analog form and to which meaning can be assigned. Direct Dialed Station Calls (a.k.a. Direct-Dialed Call) Directly dialed calls made from your home, billed to your main residential telephone account, and made without the assistance of an operator or an automated call processing system. This type of call is made by dialing 1 plus the 10-digit telephone number. Direct Dialed Station calls exclude,

without limitation, the following types of calls: Operator, Calling Card, Directory Assistance, and calls

to 500, 700, 800, or 900 services.

Domestic Service

Calls and related charges associated with calls placed within the United States. This includes the 50

United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin island, U.S. territories and possessions. (M) Certain material previously appearing on this page now appears on Page 2.1 of this section.

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End User

Any person, firm, partnership, corporation or other entity that uses the service of the Company under the terms and conditions of this Tariff. The End User is responsible for payment unless the charges for the service utilized are paid by the customer.

Equal Access

A form of dialed access provided by local exchange companies whereby telephone calls dialed by the customer are automatically routed to the Company's network. Customers may also route calls to the Company's network by dialing an access code provided by the

Company.

Exchange

A unit established by the Local Telephone Company to administer communications service in a

particular area (usually a city, town, or village and its surrounding areas). The exchange consists of

physical equipment in the area that connects calls to the CenturyLink long distance network. FCC

Federal Communications Commission

Exchange Area

The geographic territory served by an exchange.

Holiday

One of the following federally recognized holidays: New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (December 25).

Individual Case Basis (ICB)

Individual Case Basis (ICB) determinations involve situations where nonstandard service arrangements are required to satisfy specialized customer needs. The nature of such service requirements makes it difficult or impossible to establish general Tariff provisions for such circumstances. When it becomes possible to determine specific terms and conditions for such offerings, they will be offered pursuant to such terms and conditions when set forth in writing and subscribed to by authorized representatives of the customer and authorized representative(s) of the Company. dialed intrastate switched service to the customer for the completion of long distance voice and dial-up low speed data transmissions over voice grade channels between points wholly within a state. (M) Material previously appeared on Page 2 of this section.

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A. LOC Operating Companies (CenturyTel, Embarq, or Qwest)

Local Access and Transport Area (LATA)

LATAs are regional calling areas. Calls between LATAs are interLATA calls and calls within LATAs are intraLATA calls. IntraLATA and interLATA calls are considered long distance calls. Mainland United States (a.k.a. U.S. Mainland and United State Mainland) The 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia.

Measured Charge

A charge assessed on a per-minute or incremental basis in calculating a portion of the charges due for a completed call.

Mega Bits Per Second (Mbps)

The number of one-million bits transmitted in a one second interval.

Message Telecommunications Service ("MTS")

The term "Message Telecommunications Services" denotes the furnishing of direct dialed and

operator assisted intrastate or interstate switched service to the customer for the completion of long

distance voice calls between points within the United States.

Minimum Monthly Usage Charge

A charge to an account that does not meet a specified minimum total amount for a service defined hereinafter. The Minimum Monthly Usage Charge will be charged only when the actual charges for the account are less than the Minimum Monthly Usage Charge during the month in question.

Minimum Service Period

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