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VOLUME II ISSUE 24     Wednesday, September 3, 2003
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Qwest Voice Advantage(tm) Interstate Revolution Promotion
New Promotion Delivers Savings of up to

 

Announcing the Qwest Voice Advantage(tm) Interstate Revolution Promotion
New Promotion Delivers Savings of up to
56 Percent on QVA Base Rates

The Qwest Voice Advantage Interstate Revolution Promotion is a new Long Distance voice-only offer available to smaller-sized businesses that are new customers to Qwest.

Effective September 1 - November 30, 2003*, this promotion is available to customers who commit to a monthly minimum of $100 on switched voice services, or a minimum of $1,000 on dedicated Long Distance voice services, for a one-year term.

The promotion is available for customers who commit to a monthly minimum of $100 on switched voice services, or a minimum of $1,000 on dedicated Long Distance voice services, for a one-year term. Available on out-of-region, interLATA services only, eligible products of this promotion include Qwest Voice Advantage: Qwest® Long Distance Inbound and Outbound Voice Service.

* IMPORTANT: Business Partners and Sub-Agents may begin entering orders on September 1, 2003. Ordering details include:

  • All orders prior to September 1, 2003 MUST go through the QBPP WIN Desk at 866-242-0220 or qbppwin@qwest.com.
  • After September 1st, you are encouraged to continue use of the WIN Desk for QVA promotion orders. Orders placed through the WIN Desk are handled by dedicated resources to ensure order accuracy.
  • Orders placed after September 1st may also be placed through normal ordering processes.

Promotional Rates:
Interstate promotion pricing is listed below (final net rate). This represents a net decrease of 39 percent to 56 percent off the base rates at these levels.

  $100-$1,000 Commitment $1,000-$5000 Commitment Actual Domestic Monthly Spending Over $10,000
Dedicated N/A $0.02 $0.0430
Switched $0.04 $0.04 $0.0625

*If the customer bills more than $10,000 in a given month (includes dedicated, switched and worldcard® interstate and intrastate, but does not include international), all interstate minutes of use (MOU) will be billed at the over $10,000 rate via a line item in the customer's bill. If in the next month the customer drops below the $10,000 threshold, they will receive the lower rates for that month.

Key Selling Features of the QVA Promotion:
This promotion targets new customers with low-to-mid monthly spend levels. Please ensure that customers understand the following important detail of this promotion:

IMPORTANT: If, in a given month, the customer's total long-distance spend goes above $10,000, all of their minutes for the month will be priced at the over $10,000 level-$0.0430 on dedicated and $0.0625 on switched service.

Eligibility and Restrictions:

  • Qwest Voice Advantage contract only - not available with QTA, Qwest Long Distance Advantage (QLDA), Q.guaranteed, Q.biz or Q.integrity.
  • One-year contract term required.
  • Customers may sign only one contract for this offer.
  • May NOT be combined with the Flat Rate Local Loop promotion.
  • Standard loop monthly recurring charge (MRC) will be billed with this promotion.
  • The commitment level is based on interstate, intrastate, and worldcard® long-distance voice usage only.
  • No additional services are contributory to achieve this rate per minute.
  • Only customers who do not currently have Qwest Communications Corp (QCC) or Qwest Corporation (QC) services and have not had any QCC or QC services in the past 12 months are eligible for this promotion.
  • Applies to NEW service only (no renewals).
  • Available out of region (OOR) only on QCC long distance services. * Applies only to interstate, intrastate and worldcard usage.
  • The same interstate rate will apply to 1+, toll-free and worldcard usage.
  • This promotion is a targeted trial offer for smaller new customers and is not indicative of the rates available to any other non-qualifying customer.
  • Make sure that a customer is not too big or growing too quickly to fit comfortably under the $10,000 cap. Billing of the higher rate is automatic when a customer exceeds the cap and will not be credited off of their bill.
  • Cannot be combined with offer management request (OMR) special pricing contracts or with field empowerment rates. Not eligible for any special contract clauses such as annual terms, longer ramps or rate guarantees.
  • Will not receive interstate field discretionary discount (FDD), but may be used with five percent intrastate service credit and 15 percent international FDD.
  • Cannot be used with free month or any other offers impacting interstate rates for QVA.
  • This offer does not contribute to QTA. Customers who migrate to QTA at a future date, will get the QTA rates and promotions available at the time of migration.
  • Can be used with the World Zone (WZ ASRSA, WZ CSAMER, WZ EUROPE and NOAMER) promo. Not valid with any other promotion including those to waive the World Zone MRC.

Ordering Procedures and Contract Information

  • All orders prior to September 1, 2003 must go through the QBPP WIN Desk at 866-242-0220 or qbppwin@qwest.com.
  • After September 1, Partners are encouraged to continue use of the WIN Desk for QBA promotion orders; however normal order processes may be used.
  • Promo code (ITEREV) must be included on all ordering forms associated with orders of voice Long Distance in order for the customer to receive the promotional rate.
  • The promo code must be included in the commercial services request (CSR) or dedicated services request (DSR) ordering forms.
  • If applying 5% intrastate and 15% international discounts the QVOICE5 promo code must be included on the CSR or DSR ordering forms.
  • A Q.Pricer print screen must be included with any loops ordered with this promotion or the order will be rejected.

For More Information
The promotion contract, as well as further details of rates, eligibility and requirements, are posted on the Promotions page of Q.Partner.

If you have questions on this promotion, please contact your Channel Sales Manager.

Product availability: Customers in the United States may use Qwest Voice Advantage for a broad range of Qwest voice services, including Domestic and International Outbound Long Distance, Toll-Free, Audio Conferencing, and Directory Assistance. Qwest Communications Corporation (QCC) cannot currently provide interLATA long distance service originating and interLATA 8XX service terminating in the states of AZ, CO, IA, ID, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, OR, SD, UT, WA and WY. Minimum term of commitment required; shortfall and termination liability applies. A PIC change charge will apply.


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