UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY Original Adoption Notice …

1 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF d/b/a CENTURYLINKT itle Page (C) First Revised Sheet No. 1 Cancels Original Sheet No. 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF Schedule of Rates and Charges Together With Rules and Regulations Applicable To Services Provided In The Territory Served By This COMPANY Within The State of Texas ISSUED: October 21, 2009 EFFECTIVE: November 20, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF TEXAS, INC. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF d/b/a CENTURYLINKA doption Notice (C) First Revised Sheet No. 1 Cancels Original Sheet No. 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Adoption Notice Effective July 28, 2009, UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. registered the fictitious name centurylink . Effective November 20, 2009, UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Embarq, began operating under the name centurylink . As such, UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. d/b/a centurylink hereby adopts, ratifies, and makes its own, in every respect as if the same had been originally filed by it, all schedules, rules, notices, concurrences, schedule agreements, divisions, authorities or other instruments whatsoever, filed with the Public Utility Commission, State of Texas, by or adopted by UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc.

2 D/b/a Embarq between June 5, 2006 and November 19, 2009. By this Notice , UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. d/b/a centurylink also adopts and ratifies all supplements or amendments to any of the above schedules, etc., which UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. d/b/a Embarq has heretofore filed with said Commission. Effective June 5, 2006, UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. began operating under the name Embarq. As such, Embarq hereby adopts, ratifies, and makes its own, in every respect as if the same had been originally filed by it, all schedules, rules, notices, concurrences, schedule agreements, divisions, authorities or other instruments whatsoever, filed with the Public Utility Commission of Texas, by UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. By this Notice it also adopts and ratifies all supplements or amendments to any of the above schedules, etc.

3 , which UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. has heretofore filed with said Commission. (N) (N) ISSUED: October 21, 2009 EFFECTIVE: November 20, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFFdba Embarq SECTION ASixth Revised Sheet No. 1 Cancels Fifth Revised Sheet No. 1 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE APPLICABILITY Applicable to business and residence access line service. EXPANDED LOCAL CALLING (ELC)SERVICE An arrangement under which communities that have met geographic proximity and community of interest requirements and have completed the balloting process set forth in (f), have expanded their basic local calling scopes to include surrounding exchanges. EXTENDED AREA SERVICE A non-optional arrangement under which customers of a given exchange may complete calls to and receive messages from one or more exchanges without the application, where provided by the tariff, of long distance message telecommunications charges.

4 TERRITORY In the exchange areas and base rate areas of all exchanges. (M) Material now appearing on this sheet was previously found in the General Exchange Tariff, Section 22, First Revised Sheet No. 1. (M) (T) (T) (M) (T) (N) (N) (D) (D) ISSUED: November 24, 2008 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF dba Embarq SECTION A Seventh Revised Sheet No. 2 Cancels Sixth Revised Sheet No. 2 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE This Page is Reserved for Future Use (T) (D) (D) (D) (D) ISSUED: November 24, 2008 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF dba Embarq SECTION A Eleventh Revised Sheet No. 3 Cancels Tenth Revised Sheet No. 3 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE This Page is Reserved for Future Use (T) (D) (D) ISSUED: November 24, 2008 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF dba Embarq SECTION A Tenth Revised Sheet No.

5 4 Cancels Ninth Revised Sheet No. 4 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE DESCRIPTION OF CLASSES OF SERVICE AND COMPONENT CHARGES Class of Service - Residence Class of Service - Business R1 - Residence one party service B1 - Business one party service MR1 - Measured residence one party MB1 - Measured business one party service service R2(1) - Residence two party service B2(1) - Business two party service R4(1) - Residence four party service RR4(1) - Residence Rural four party BR4(1) - Business Rural four party service service RTY(2) - Rotary one party service BKT - Business key trunk MRTY(2)- Measured Rotary one party service MBKT - Measured business key trunk PBX - Private Branch Exchange trunk MPBX - Measured business key trunk RATE COMPONENTS ACCESS LINE - Incremental charges for interconnecting facilities of (a) customer's access to other customer lines within the same exchange, or (b)

6 Customer's access lines to toll connecting trunks for the purpose of completing a toll call between the local office and the toll switching unit serving the local office. ECS (Extended Calling Surcharge) Non-optional incremental charge (residence only) for Extended Area Service and/or Expanded Local Calling Service to permit interconnection of local exchange customer s lines with customer s lines in another exchange. The charge does not apply to business exchange service lines. TOTAL - Total charge to the customer, by class of service for access line and ECS. (1) Two and four party service is limited to existing customers in existing locations as of January 25, 1985. (2) Residence Rotary one party service and Residence Measured Rotary one party service are limited to existing customers in existing locations as of March 1, 2009. (Z) (Z) (C) (C) (Z) (Z) (N) (N) ISSUED: January 30, 2009 EFFECTIVE: March 1, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc.

7 LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF dba Embarq SECTION A Sixth Revised Sheet No. 5 Cancels Fifth Revised Sheet No. 5 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE This tariff is governed, except as otherwise specified herein by the General Exchange Tariff which is hereby made a part of this tariff. Unless otherwise specified, the charges quoted in this tariff, or the General Exchange Tariff are for periods of one month, are payable monthly in advance, and entitle the customer to exchange TELEPHONE service within the exchange area and into those exchanges to which Extended Area Service (EAS) is provided. The rates and charges listed on Page 1 of each section of this Local Exchange Tariff will apply to the specified class of service as may be offered within the Exchange Rate Area Boundary. The Extended Calling Surcharge (ECS) will appear as a separate line item on the customer s bill for each access line or trunk.

8 Other rates and charges as noted therein, may also be applicable to the class and grade of service provided. A zone charge may apply, in addition to the monthly rates for Local Service terminating outside the base rate area boundary of exchanges, if indicated on Sheet 1 (rate schedule) of the Local Exchange Section. Rural zone areas are found on the individual Exchange Area Maps. (N) (N) ISSUED: November 24, 2008 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2009 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF dba CenturyLinkSECTION A (T) Eighth Revised Sheet No. 6 Cancels Seventh Revised Sheet No. 6 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE Service Rate Per Month 1. Excess Mileage for One-Party Access Lines Per Quarter Mile $ .85 2. Excess Mileage for Two-Party Access Lines Per Quarter Mile .50 The above Excess Mileage rates apply to existing customers at existing locations as determined by the COMPANY in the "Wire Mileage Elimination/One-Party Plan" conversions in Docket No.

9 8222. As of October 22, 1991, this service will not apply to new customers. Zone Charge Within the area beyond the Base Rate Area, extending to the exchange area boundary, the applicable one-party or two-party line charge within this zone will be $ per month for business customers and $ per month for residence customers, in addition to the base one-party or two-party line service rate. (R) ISSUED: November 30, 2012 EFFECTIVE: January 1, 2013 UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY of Texas, Inc. LOCAL EXCHANGE TARIFF dba Embarq SECTION A (T) Fourth Revised Sheet No. 7 Cancels Third Revised Sheet No. 7 LOCAL EXCHANGE SERVICE LOCAL MEASURED SERVICE (LMS) a. Application and Regulations (1) Customers will have under this tariff offering the option of subscribing to Local Measured Service. Business and residence one-party customers will have the option of maintaining their current TELEPHONE service or subscribing to the local measured service which provides for measured calling to all points within the existing non-toll calling area.

10 (2) Normal service connection charges for existing customers will not apply for one customer conversion to and/or from the local measured service offering within the six month period commencing with the offering date of this service in an exchange and no activity other than this service change takes place. Changes in excess of this allowance will be billed the regular tariff charges appropriate. (3) All customer lines at a given location must be arranged for measured service and equipped for outward calling. Group billing will be provided on rotary and PBX trunks. (4) Local usage charges will not apply to calls to the COMPANY Business Office, Repair Service, or for Emergency Service as found in the local exchange TELEPHONE directory. (Police, Fire, Ambulance, or Rescue) (5) Local measured service will not be provided for Party Line, Foreign Exchange, Optional Extended Metropolitan Service, and Optional Extended Area Service.