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Nextel® Terms and Conditions of Service
sale. CUSTOMER’S SERVICE PLAN
INFORMATION SHALL BE CONSIDERED PART
OF THIS AGREEMENT. Rates charged to
Customer include monthly access charges and
may include activatio n and other fees associated
with features such as voicemail and c aller
identification. Mont hly access charges shall begin
once Customer’s Service is activated, which may
occur before Customer r eceives the Equipment.
Usage Charges - De pending on the Serv ice Plan
selected, Customer may incur usage charges for
Services such as: wireless calling, Direct
Connect®, Nationwide Direct Connect®, Group
Connect®, Wireless Data Services and other
Services that may be off ered from time to time.
Usage charges may vary d epending on how,
where and when Customer uses the Service.
Customer may be assessed long di stance charges
(including internat io nal c al li ng ) or ot her cha rge s f or
“toll-free” calls to 800, 866, 877, 8 88 and other
toll-free numbers. Cu st o m er al so may be charged
for the use of special Services such as 411
services, operator-ass isted ca lls or call -forwar ding.
Airtime charges will be assessed for the entire
period during which a call or Direct Connect®
transmission is co nnected to the Nextel net work. A
wireless call connection begins approximately
when Customer pre sses the button to initiate an
outgoing call or the phone starts ringing for an
incoming call and ends approximately when the
first party terminates the call. Customer shall be
responsible for all cha rges for incoming and
outgoing wireless c al ls tha t are a nswe r ed . A Di r ec t
Connect® or Group Connect® transmission occurs
approximately when Customer presses the button
to initiate a trans mission and ends a pproximately
six (6) seconds after completion of a
communication (i.e., when Customer or another
participant releas es the button) to wh ich no
participant respond s. Customer initiates a new
Direct Connect® or Group Connect® transmission if
Customer respon ds more than six ( 6) seconds
after the other participant completes a
communication. Nationwide Direct Connect® calls
use the Direct Connect® minutes in Customer’s
plan and incur an additional access charge.
Airtime charges for Direct Connect® or Group
Connect® transmissions or Nationwide Direct
Connect® access are charged to the customer that
initiates the transmission and, unless a rate plan
includes unlimited transmissions or access, are
calculated by multiply ing the duration of the
transmission (including the six (6) second period
referred to above) by the applicable rate and the
number of participant s . Customer will not be
charged for sending or receiving call alert
transmissions (“Call Alerts”), but will be deemed to
have initiated a ne w Direct Connect® transmission
if Customer resp onds to a Call Alert, even if
Customer responds wi thi n six (6) seconds of