[1st-mile-nm] Fwd: Qwest refusing ARRA funds

[Marianne Granoff]

 From another list.  FYI.

>You folks will love this one.  This showed up in an otherwise 
>innocent amendment today to our Interconnection Agreement:
>
>The Payment Section 5.4 of the Agreement is also hereby amended by 
>adding the following:
>
>5.4.10        CLEC must not remit payment for the Services with 
>funds obtained through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
>(or ARRA) or other similar stimulus grants or loans that would 
>obligate Qwest to provide certain information or perform certain 
>functions unless those functions and obligations are specifically 
>agreed to by the parties in this Agreement or in an amendment to 
>this Agreement.
>
>--
>Steve Mossbrook
>Steve at WYOMING.COM